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On Friday morning, ASoP CEO joined Today on Channel 9, following the release of the Bondi Junction Inquest findings. It's a heavy moment — for the families who are grieving, and for a country confronting the consequences of a system that has been allowed to fray. The findings echo what clinicians, consumers and families have long known. The challenge now is whether we move beyond acknowledgement to real, sustained change.

The Bondi Junction Inquest findings have laid bare serious systemic failures across our mental health system. This is a profoundly difficult time for the families of all those who lost their lives at Bondi Junction, and for everyone whose lives were forever changed by that day. Our thoughts are with them, and with the wider community who continue to carry this grief. ASoP is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the national conversation. Below is a clip from one of t

This powerful commentary from Dr Pramudie Gunaratne, CEO of the Australian Society of Psychiatrists (ASoP), examines Australia's mental health system failures and the urgent need for a fundamental shift in how mental health care is funded. Published on the eve of the Westfield Bondi Junction Inquest findings, selected excerpts from the article are shared below. “We live in one of the wealthiest countries on the planet, and yet we have deserted people with severe mental illnes