Speeches

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [9.47 pm]: I rise tonight because I want to tell the house about a particular issue that one of my constituents has been having in trying to navigate the mental health system. All of us would have been contacted at some point by concerned people having problems trying to access mental health services. I think that this particular issue really illustrates how problematic our system is for some people and how comprehensively it is failing some people. My office has been seeking to assist this particular family for some months.

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.23 pm]: I rise to make some comments about the code of practice titled “Mentally healthy workplaces for fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers in the resources and construction sectors”, which was brought down last week. I feel inspired to make some comments in response to some of the very disappointing comments that I heard in this place about this code. I want to say from the outset that I completely support the work that has been done here. I am really, really happy that it has been done.