Mental Health Will Be Key Health Focus in Australian Budget: Minister

Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt at a press conference in the Main Committee Room at Parliament House in Canberra on April 8, 2020. Sam Mooy/Getty Images

Support for mental health will be one of the key planks of the federal budget in just over a week’s time, Health Minister Greg Hunt says.

Hunt says mental health is one of the four pillars of Australia’s long-term national health plan.