In the Covid age, lets think about our school leavers. The next 12 month will provide no “schoolies celebration”, no gap year travels, restricted relationships, poverty (due to underemployment), high Uni fees, and high HECS debts. How do we help them to get a start in life?

The Covid crisis provides a sobering future for “Mother’s to be”. While many women will delay pregnancy during this uncertain time, some will endure the anxiety of carrying during the crisis. We need enhanced mental health services in Perinatal and Postnatal Depression.

Very little consideration has been given to the aftermath of the Covid crisis while we are enduring it. But, the potential issue of Post-Viral depression, aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, will have to be addressed. The mental health implications of this crisis will linger long term.

Two issues are surfacing with regard to prisons. We’ve heard for a long time now that Aboriginal incarceration can be a death sentence. We are now facing the prospect that all incarceration can be a death sentence… instagram.com/p/CDGc1vYn6IC/…

Taking a psychological perspective, the Government’s Covid-19 Suppression Policy fails because people lose tolerance with restrictions. As long as venues are open, people will go there. Isn’t it time we adopted the… instagram.com/p/CDLlr4tnLVc/…

Private Psychologists struggle with lowered Medicare rebates, and all other Counsellors and Nurses are excluded from Medicare entirely. Isn’t it time we expanded Medicare to include all mental health workers?

With Border closures set to bring down the economy, we have to question why lines drawn on a map over 100 years ago, are effective in quelling COVID-19? Wouldn’t it be best to isolate “hotspots” around the country within specific areas, with business as usual everywhere else?

A Wiseman once said...”The poor will be with us always”. Two thousand years later, this is no less pertinent. The Budget reinforces this, and more so for women. Why? Perhaps, they don’t pay enough tax!

Jobmaker should not be used as a political tool for shifting statistics around. While the Compassionate Australia Party endorses a stimulus package to young people seeking work, this program should not discriminate against older workers. 📸Photo by mentatdgt from Pexels

With such high numbers of unemployed people, farms have a huge potential to gainfully employ Australians. The Compassionate Australia Party calls on Supermarkets to pay realistic payments to farmers, who in turn can pay reasonable rates to workers. Photo by H.Gill on Unsplash

The Compassionate Australia Party welcomes the Federal Government’s commitment to provide extra funding for Mental Health treatment for Emergency Services Workers. But, all of this funding goes to the Supermarket Psychology Agencies, putting the local Psychologists out of work.

The Compassionate Australia Party is disappointed to learn that, while Medicare has extended bulk billing sessions for Psychologists, it has reduced the rebate for internet and phone sessions. Is this just another way to reduce funding?

Many people ask why they can’t find a Psychologist who bulk bills. The issue is, that Medicare has reduced the rebates on Telehealth sessions to 25% of our recommended fee. Most businesses run at 40% cost, rendering the rebate to around half the cost of providing the service.

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The Compassionate Australia Party calls for the Federal and all State governments to declare all government buildings as alcohol free zone, making them safer environments for all.⁠ #auspol

The Compassionate Australia Party Leader, Paul Stevenson OAM, has led political Party's (Australian Democrats, and The AMHP in Queensland) since the 2007 Federal Senate election. He is a Psychologist and Traumatologist dedicated to bringing true compassion into federal politics.

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