LAST CHANCE TO PLEAD FOR A HEADSPACE

17 February 2022

This is the last chance I'm going to have before Budget week to plead
with this government to put a headspace in the Hawkesbury. Every budget I have hoped the government would listen to the thousands of people who have said, 'We want a place where our kids can go to get help for their mental health.' Every budget where there has been investment in mental health, I have scoured the papers for a mention of the Hawkesbury, and every budget I am disappointed. More than that, every budget the Morrison government shows the contempt it has for the people of the Hawkesbury—that they, for some reason, don't deserve the access to early intervention and help that other communities get. Lithgow gets it. The Blue Mount