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Please don't dismiss the PC inquiry into mental health as 'just another inquiry'

  • Written by Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
Please don't dismiss the PC inquiry into mental health as 'just another inquiry'The Productivity Commission can build a case about the economic benefits of unclogging waiting rooms.Shutterstock

While chairing the National Mental Health Commission I pushed hard for an all-encompassing review of mental health, and I have welcomed the recent announcement that the Productivity Commission will conduct one.

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