ASPAC
This page contains the following sectors: introduction to
ASPAC documents and contact.
Introduction to ASPAC
Membership of the Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council (ASPAC) was
announced in September 2008 by the Minister for Health and Ageing - the Hon Nicola
Roxon MP (read the press release here).
ASPAC provides confidential advice to the Australian Government through the
Minister for Health and Ageing on strategic directions and priorities in relation to
the prevention of suicide and self-harm in order to support the Australian
Government’s implementation of the National Suicide Prevention Program (NSPP).
The Council provides a forum for expert service providers, researchers and
clinicians to share expertise and to identify community needs and priorities for the
NSPP that would be informed by the best available evidence.
ASPAC is chaired by Professor Ian Webster AO, Emeritus Professor of Public Health
and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales. For a current list of
ASPAC members, including their bios and photographs, visit this page.
Documents
ASPAC communiqués can be viewed or downloaded here.
The National Suicide Prevention Strategy Action Framework 2009-10 to
2010-11 can be viewed or downloaded here.
The ASPAC discussion paper on the development of an Indigenous Suicide Prevention
Strategy can be viewed or downloaded here.
Contact
To contact ASPAC please email the
ASPAC Secretariat.