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Chair of the Victorian mental health care royal commission Penny Armitage has spoken today following the release of the rather damning report into the state’s system.
The mental health system has catastrophically failed to live up to expectations and is woefully unprepared for current and future challenges.
The 2019-20 severe bushfire season and the Covid-19 pandemic have shone further light on the pressures of the system.
Eight teenagers and an octogenarian nun have head to an Australian court this morning to launch what they hope will prove to be a landmark case – one that establishes the federal government’s duty of care in protecting future generations from a worsening climate crisis.
If successful, the people behind the class action believe it may set a precedent that stops the government approving new fossil fuel projects.
Related: ‘A duty of care’: Australian teenagers take their climate crisis plea to court
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