Infiltrate those in power. Get into the Premier s office. Get to know who the key people are. Be prepared to do this ourselves. Short-list our goals and lobby.
Governments like to put staff off as well.
However, due to shuffles at the Ministry neither was able to be there. It hasn t been approved yet but will be used as new policy of the government. The Federation s stance is that the Mental Health Act is sufficient and there is no need for making involuntary commitment more diverse. The Federation submitted a proposal for 100 million dollars for homeless, mentally ill and substance abusers citing that the problem will never end if people end up going out to poverty and sub standard housing. They received approval for 45 million dollars and they need to develop a framework to spend the dollars.