Public Health and Wellbeing Infringements
On Friday 15 May 2020, the National Cabinet re-convened to
discuss Australia's COVID-19 Response. The Friday meeting took
place after the release of the Roadmap to a COVIDSafe
Australia (Roadmap). As we reported in
our prior update, the Roadmap provides a plan for the economy to be
re-opened in three stages, with the States and Territories giving
effect to each stage at their own time and subject to an assessment
of the local public health conditions.
Mental health was also an issue of consideration for the
National Cabinet, which endorsed the Mental Health and Wellbeing
Pandemic Plan (Mental Health Plan),
developed by the National Mental Health Commission. The National
Cabinet has committed to investing $48.1 million in furtherance of
the Mental Health Plan, part of which will go to supporting
vulnerable groups and improving linkages between service providers
and initiating a national mental health communication campaign.
