About 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).

The 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 Strategy (NSPS).

The Council provides a forum for expert service providers, researchers and clinicians to share expertise and to identify community needs and priorities for the NSPS that would be informed by the best available evidence.

The 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.

ASPAC communiqués can be viewed or downloaded here.

Contact

To contact the ASPAC please email the ASPAC Secretariat.