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Abstract

The report of the Productivity Commission Inquiry into mental health was released in November 2020, estimating the economic cost of mental illness in Australia at over $200 billion a year. The report makes wide-ranging recommendations for improving the mental health of the population, reforming the mental health treatment system, and in the way mental health is managed in other sectors of society.

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Productivity Commission mental health policy mental health services

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(2020) Thirty years, and counting. Inside Story, 20 November. Available at: https://insidestory.org.au/thirty-years-and-counting/ (accessed 27 December 2020).

Productivity Commission (2020) Mental health. Report no.95. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Productivity Commission. Available at: www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/mental-health/report (accessed 12 April 2021).