Government sitting on key mental health report for 10 weeks as budget looms | Dana_Adele
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has refused to say when he will release the Productivity Commission's report on mental health, despite growing calls to make it public before the October 6 federal budget.
The latest available data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows 3046 people died from suicide nationally in 2018.
Mr Hunt said the government had provided additional support for mental health "at every budget" and the Productivity Commission's recommendations would inform the 2020-21 budget, but did not commit to making the report public before October 6.
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