ACT Mental Health Advisory Council

What we do

The council provides advice to the Minister for Mental Health and the Coordinator-General, Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

The council is established under the Mental Health Act 2015 to provide advice about:

• emerging or urgent mental health issues
• mental health service reforms
• mental health policy
• mental health legislative change
• anything else in relation to mental health and social and emotional wellbeing as requested by the Minister.

Our members

Current members are:

• Ellen Somerville (Chair)
• Andrew Black
• Anne Nguyen
• Anup Pereira
• Beth Garwood
• Kristen Franks
• Tiahn Hannaford

Meeting dates

The council meets bimonthly. Each meeting has a specific topic for consideration.

Publications

The council prepares a public communique after each meeting.

• Meeting of 27 March 2019
• Meeting of 9 May 2019
• Meeting of 11 July 2019
• Meeting of 12 September 2019
• Meeting of 14 November 2019
• Meeting of 6 February 2020
• Meeting of 16 April 2020
• Meeting of 25 June 2020
• Meeting of 9 December 2020
• Meeting of 21 March 2021
• Meeting of 20 May 2021
• Meeting of 14 July 2021
• Meeting of 23 September 2021
• Meeting of 4 November 2021
• Meeting of 3 March 2022
• Meeting of 12 May 2022

Contact us

You can contact the council through the Council Secretariat.