Australian Capital Territory

Australian Government
Department of Health & Ageing (DoHA)

Contact

Senior Project Officer
ACT Office
Department of Health and Ageing
MDP 42
GPO Box 9848
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: 02 6289 3363

State Government Structures

Contact

Project Officer (Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention and Suicide Prevention)                                                                                                               
Policy Division                                                                                                                                        
ACT Health                                                                                                                                             
GPO Box 825
Level 2, 11 Moore St Canberra City, 2601
Telephone: 02 6205 5030

Key State Government documents

ACT Action Plan for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention Plan, 2006-2008
http://health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=dlpol&policy=1174883362

This Plan is undergoing evaluation and a replacement Plan is in planning.

ACT Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention Implementation Working Group

See Terms of Reference. 

Suicide Prevention: Managing the Risk of Suicide in the ACT 2005-2008

ACT Suicide Prevention Working Group (SPWG)

The SPWG is a Group that informs priority setting, policy development, information dissemination, networking and collaboration related to suicide prevention in the ACT.

Download terms of reference (doc)

There are two Sub-Committees of the ACT SPWG. These are:

The ACT SPWG Education and Training, and Protocols and Services Sub-Committee, and

The ACT SPWG Broader Population Sub-Committee

The SPWG Working Group has Representatives from a wide range of organisations (see terms of reference for details).