Australia’s ten-year national plan to reduce suicide. It notes that people who come to Australia as humanitarian entrants have nearly twice the suicide rate of other permanent migrants, and includes actions on safe workplaces and belonging for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Resource type: Policy / strategy
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National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement
The agreement between the Commonwealth and the states and territories on how mental health and suicide prevention will be funded and run. It names culturally and linguistically diverse communities and refugees as priority groups for better outcomes.
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Victorian suicide prevention and response strategy 2024–2034
Victoria’s ten-year, whole-of-government plan to reduce suicide, built around compassionate services and an intersectional approach. Its summary does not single out multicultural, migrant or refugee communities, which is useful context for advocacy.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic)
Victoria’s mental health law, which replaced the Mental Health Act 2014. Its principles say services must consider a person’s language, culture, ethnicity and faith and be culturally safe for people of all backgrounds.
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NSW Plan for Healthy Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: 2019–2023 (PD2019_018)
A NSW Health policy directive that sets out how the health system should meet the needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. It sets out how the NSW health system should respond to their health needs.
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NSW Refugee Health Plan 2022–2027
The NSW Health plan for improving the health and wellbeing of people from refugee backgrounds. It sets priorities for how the health system should support them.