☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day ten⚕️🏥</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> will on Tuesday pledge $500m for 20 youth specialist care centres, as well as $225m for 31 new and upgrades to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> mental health centres, and $200m to expanding or starting 58 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Headspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Headspace</span></a> centres.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/YouthCentres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouthCentres</span></a> will be focused on addressing what is called “the missing middle”, or complex needs that can be addressed outside <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a>”</p><p>Why does it take an election for this kind of funding to mental health when Prof. McGorry has been calling out for a decade? </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f440228f08d7b767193aff#block-67f440228f08d7b767193aff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f440228f08d7b767193aff#block-67f440228f08d7b767193aff</span></a>&gt;</p>