Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_53
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Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 53
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53        Community Mental Health                                                                                                                              To provide early intervention and other support through community‑based initiatives for people with mental illness and their families and carers, so that they can develop their capabilities, increase their wellbeing and actively participate in community and economic life, including by providing the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) assistance for people severely impacted by mental illness, including services with an employment focus for those who have employment as a primary goal;
                                                                                                                                                               (b) early intervention support to vulnerable families with children and young people who are showing early signs of, or are at risk of developing, mental illness;
                                                                                                                                                               (c) a range of flexible support options for carers and families of people with severe mental illness;
                                                                                                                                                               (d) funding and support to increase awareness and understanding of mental health issues;
                                                                                                                                                               (e) education and advocacy.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing support:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) by providing medical and dental services, family and maternity allowances, unemployment, pharmaceutical, hospital and sickness benefits and benefits to students; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) by engaging in measures to meet Australia's international obligations in relation to children, in particular obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) by engaging in measures to meet Australia's international obligations in relation to persons with disabilities, in particular obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) in a Territory; or
                                                                                                                                                               (e) by providing assistance to trading, financial and foreign corporations to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies where the assistance relates to the existing activities of the corporations; or
                                                                                                                                                               (f) by providing grants of financial assistance to a State or Territory; or
                                                                                                                                                               (g) by engaging in measures that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or
                                                                                                                                                               (h) in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth.