Addiction groups warn Govt mental health fund too tight

The decision to pour $24m into Gumboot Friday, leaving others to compete for a $5m fund, has caused frustration, writes

“It tells me that there are only certain organisations that will be able to apply for that and that will be quite large organisations with big contracts that can absorb those costs. That limits the pool of innovation in itself. Deb Fraser Co-chair of the National Committee for Addiction Treatment