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Beyond Blue and Australian Paralympic Committee partnership puts athlete wellbeing first

03 December 2018

Beyond Blue and the Australian Paralympic Committee have launched a partnership that will focus on the mental health of past, current and future athletes.

The Hon. Julia Gillard’s opinion piece about the Beyond Blue National Education Initiative

09 October 2018

Read an opinion piece written by Beyond Blue Chair The Hon Julia Gillard, AC, explaining why the Beyond Blue National Education Initiative will be vital in creating the most mentally healthy generation of young Australians ever.

Beyond Blue urges those in drought-affected areas to get support for their mental health

03 August 2018

The severe drought affecting parts of rural Australia is causing significant distress for many people – financially, physically and emotionally.

Thousands of Victorian footballers to play in state-wide Beyond Blue round this weekend

10 May 2018

More than 8000 Victorian footballers will shine a light on mental health when they play in a new state-wide AFL Victoria Beyond Blue round on May 12 and 13.

Julia Gillard delivers John Curtin Memorial Library lecture

28 June 2017

Today, incoming Beyond Blue Chair The Hon. Julia Gillard talks about Australia's great war-time prime minister, John Curtin, and the mental health struggles he faced.

Beyond Blue leads major new mental health in education initiative

08 June 2017

Beyond Blue is set to lead a transformation in the development of good mental health and wellbeing practices for all Australian children from early learning centres to the end of secondary school.

Beyond Blue targets mental health in Greater Dandenong

02 June 2017

Victoria’s most culturally diverse region – Greater Dandenong – is to receive its own mental health program designed by Beyond Blue.

Budget’s mental health and suicide prevention initiatives welcomed

10 May 2017

Beyond Blue welcomes the 2017 Budget’s mental health and suicide prevention measures.

Let us remember our obligation to support the mental health of our defence personnel, Beyond Blue Chairman Jeff Kennett says

24 April 2017

A reminder to Australians this Anzac Day that greater support is needed for returned service personnel whose battles continue long after they come home, due to the psychological impact of war.

It’s time to Close the Gap on Indigenous mental health inequality

16 March 2017

Beyond Blue calls on all Australians – across government, workplaces, schools, urban, rural and remote communities – to make a new commitment to improving health standards of our Indigenous friends, families and colleagues this National Close the Gap Day.