Lived Experience Australia
@livedexperienceaus.bsky.social
Australia's private mental health peak body shaping mental health policy through the power of lived experience.
www.livedexperienceaustralia.com.au
www.livedexperienceaustralia.com.au
For our South Australian connections: Carers SA's Time to Care campaign is asking all SA election candidates to commit to four practical measures for 245,000+ unpaid carers. Recognition grants, hardship relief, a dedicated Carer Card, and service navigation support. zurl.co/A0cmH
Join me in supporting the Time To Care Campaign
Carers deserve to be recognised, respected and properly supported, not left exhausted and financially stretched. I’m supporting Time to Care, Make Carers Count for 245,000+ unpaid Carers across SA.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:43 AM
For our South Australian connections: Carers SA's Time to Care campaign is asking all SA election candidates to commit to four practical measures for 245,000+ unpaid carers. Recognition grants, hardship relief, a dedicated Carer Card, and service navigation support. zurl.co/A0cmH
We're back from the break with our commitment to advocacy intact. The world feels complex right now, which reminds us why fighting for better mental health outcomes and genuine lived experience leadership matters so much. Ready to pick up where we left off in 2026.
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
We're back from the break with our commitment to advocacy intact. The world feels complex right now, which reminds us why fighting for better mental health outcomes and genuine lived experience leadership matters so much. Ready to pick up where we left off in 2026.
Our team are officially on leave from today until the 5th of January, 2026. We're taking a well earned break and will be back on deck rested and ready to start again next year.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Our team are officially on leave from today until the 5th of January, 2026. We're taking a well earned break and will be back on deck rested and ready to start again next year.
ABC News coverage highlights serious concerns about The Geelong Clinic's future. 73 psychiatric beds serving regional Victoria since 1998. Veterans, first responders & communities would lose vital local access to specialist care.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
ABC News coverage highlights serious concerns about The Geelong Clinic's future. 73 psychiatric beds serving regional Victoria since 1998. Veterans, first responders & communities would lose vital local access to specialist care.
Lived Experience Australia has launched "The Power of Your Story" - a practical workbook for sharing lived experience safely and with impact.
The resource guides people through crafting their authentic story, setting boundaries, and using lived experience in advocacy.
The resource guides people through crafting their authentic story, setting boundaries, and using lived experience in advocacy.
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lived Experience Australia has launched "The Power of Your Story" - a practical workbook for sharing lived experience safely and with impact.
The resource guides people through crafting their authentic story, setting boundaries, and using lived experience in advocacy.
The resource guides people through crafting their authentic story, setting boundaries, and using lived experience in advocacy.
The University of Adelaide is hosting a webinar on gender and health equity advocacy on Monday 8 December.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The University of Adelaide is hosting a webinar on gender and health equity advocacy on Monday 8 December.
Thanks to our LEA Human Rights Group for putting together our latest submission - making some important comments on the draft redesigned NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Framework Approach.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Thanks to our LEA Human Rights Group for putting together our latest submission - making some important comments on the draft redesigned NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Framework Approach.
Experiences of accessing physical health care
Body and mind research project – Charles Sturt University
The poor physical health care of people living with mental health conditions is a major national problem.
Body and mind research project – Charles Sturt University
The poor physical health care of people living with mental health conditions is a major national problem.
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Experiences of accessing physical health care
Body and mind research project – Charles Sturt University
The poor physical health care of people living with mental health conditions is a major national problem.
Body and mind research project – Charles Sturt University
The poor physical health care of people living with mental health conditions is a major national problem.
A team of researchers at the University of Melbourne are seeking participants for a study entitled “Postvention support for suicide loss survivors with Islamic backgrounds: Insights from the Australian mental health workforce, online survey”.
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A team of researchers at the University of Melbourne are seeking participants for a study entitled “Postvention support for suicide loss survivors with Islamic backgrounds: Insights from the Australian mental health workforce, online survey”.
Our November newsletter just dropped. The Productivity Commission's final report confirms what lived experience has been saying: the mental health system is fragmented and 500,000 people are caught in support gaps.
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Our November newsletter just dropped. The Productivity Commission's final report confirms what lived experience has been saying: the mental health system is fragmented and 500,000 people are caught in support gaps.
Struggling with sleep?
@SANE is hosting a webinar about Rest and Recovery, and how trauma, stress, and anxiety can affect sleep. Better still, they will cover what you can do about it.
When life feels heavy or your mind won’t switch off, sleep is often the first thing to go.
@SANE is hosting a webinar about Rest and Recovery, and how trauma, stress, and anxiety can affect sleep. Better still, they will cover what you can do about it.
When life feels heavy or your mind won’t switch off, sleep is often the first thing to go.
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Struggling with sleep?
@SANE is hosting a webinar about Rest and Recovery, and how trauma, stress, and anxiety can affect sleep. Better still, they will cover what you can do about it.
When life feels heavy or your mind won’t switch off, sleep is often the first thing to go.
@SANE is hosting a webinar about Rest and Recovery, and how trauma, stress, and anxiety can affect sleep. Better still, they will cover what you can do about it.
When life feels heavy or your mind won’t switch off, sleep is often the first thing to go.
Two new frameworks now in the Lived Experience Digital Library.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Two new frameworks now in the Lived Experience Digital Library.
Australian Catholic University (ACU) researchers are looking for volunteers for a research study about the experiences of mental health consumers, carers, and health professionals in how decisions are made regarding using Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in New South Wales
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Australian Catholic University (ACU) researchers are looking for volunteers for a research study about the experiences of mental health consumers, carers, and health professionals in how decisions are made regarding using Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in New South Wales
Two days left to contribute to research that centres what people actually need, not what researchers assume.
Anxiety doesn't follow a neat schedule, and neither does the relationship between social media and sleep.
Anxiety doesn't follow a neat schedule, and neither does the relationship between social media and sleep.
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Two days left to contribute to research that centres what people actually need, not what researchers assume.
Anxiety doesn't follow a neat schedule, and neither does the relationship between social media and sleep.
Anxiety doesn't follow a neat schedule, and neither does the relationship between social media and sleep.
LEA is involved with a project called the Mind and Body Care Navigator Project, which explores innovative ways to improve access to physical health care for mental health consumers, particularly in regional and rural Australia.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
LEA is involved with a project called the Mind and Body Care Navigator Project, which explores innovative ways to improve access to physical health care for mental health consumers, particularly in regional and rural Australia.
B-HART is hosting a Human Rights Day Symposium on 10 December 2025 in Adelaide, South Australia, bringing together government, researchers, service providers, and disability advocates. Keynote from Hon.
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
B-HART is hosting a Human Rights Day Symposium on 10 December 2025 in Adelaide, South Australia, bringing together government, researchers, service providers, and disability advocates. Keynote from Hon.
The social media and anxiety survey closes this Sunday. Not trying to nag, just a reminder in case it slipped your mind.
Working with @flinders.edu.au and @qut.edu.au to understand the real patterns between social media use and anxiety.
Working with @flinders.edu.au and @qut.edu.au to understand the real patterns between social media use and anxiety.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The social media and anxiety survey closes this Sunday. Not trying to nag, just a reminder in case it slipped your mind.
Working with @flinders.edu.au and @qut.edu.au to understand the real patterns between social media use and anxiety.
Working with @flinders.edu.au and @qut.edu.au to understand the real patterns between social media use and anxiety.
The 30th of October is Blue Knot Day.
What is Blue Knot Day?
For 30 years, @Blue Knot Foundation has supported and advocated for survivors of complex trauma and their loved ones.
What is Blue Knot Day?
For 30 years, @Blue Knot Foundation has supported and advocated for survivors of complex trauma and their loved ones.
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The 30th of October is Blue Knot Day.
What is Blue Knot Day?
For 30 years, @Blue Knot Foundation has supported and advocated for survivors of complex trauma and their loved ones.
What is Blue Knot Day?
For 30 years, @Blue Knot Foundation has supported and advocated for survivors of complex trauma and their loved ones.
Tasmania's taking some smart steps forward in hospitality mental health. Their new Hospitality Health Leaders Program brings venue leaders together to embed genuine mental health support into workplace culture.
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Tasmania's taking some smart steps forward in hospitality mental health. Their new Hospitality Health Leaders Program brings venue leaders together to embed genuine mental health support into workplace culture.
The Hume Region serves over 1.3 million people but has no adolescent mental health inpatient beds.
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Hume Region serves over 1.3 million people but has no adolescent mental health inpatient beds.
A couple of weeks ago we asked you to support the Equally Well Call to Action addressing the eleven-year life expectancy gap for people receiving mental healthcare. Hundreds have signed on, which shows the groundswell is building.
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A couple of weeks ago we asked you to support the Equally Well Call to Action addressing the eleven-year life expectancy gap for people receiving mental healthcare. Hundreds have signed on, which shows the groundswell is building.
10 years of the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work:
📊 1,148 enrolments
🎓 1,077 scholarships awarded
👥 Consumer peer workers now 2nd largest workforce group in NSW CMOs (12.3%)
This is what structural change looks like when lived experience is properly valued.
📊 1,148 enrolments
🎓 1,077 scholarships awarded
👥 Consumer peer workers now 2nd largest workforce group in NSW CMOs (12.3%)
This is what structural change looks like when lived experience is properly valued.
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
10 years of the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work:
📊 1,148 enrolments
🎓 1,077 scholarships awarded
👥 Consumer peer workers now 2nd largest workforce group in NSW CMOs (12.3%)
This is what structural change looks like when lived experience is properly valued.
📊 1,148 enrolments
🎓 1,077 scholarships awarded
👥 Consumer peer workers now 2nd largest workforce group in NSW CMOs (12.3%)
This is what structural change looks like when lived experience is properly valued.
We're working with @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @qutdmrc.bsky.social for research into social media, sleep and anxiety - and we need perspectives from people who've actually lived this.
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We're working with @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @qutdmrc.bsky.social for research into social media, sleep and anxiety - and we need perspectives from people who've actually lived this.
Our colleagues at @BEING - Mental Health Consumers in NSW are hosting a special panel discussion as part of Mental Health Month.
We are sharing this information as provided by them.
Climate Change and Mental Health - “A Ticking Timebomb?”
We are sharing this information as provided by them.
Climate Change and Mental Health - “A Ticking Timebomb?”
October 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Our colleagues at @BEING - Mental Health Consumers in NSW are hosting a special panel discussion as part of Mental Health Month.
We are sharing this information as provided by them.
Climate Change and Mental Health - “A Ticking Timebomb?”
We are sharing this information as provided by them.
Climate Change and Mental Health - “A Ticking Timebomb?”
Join NEDC’s National Strategy Forum: Advancing Workforce Development Across the Stepped
System of Care – online, Wed 22 Oct 2025, 1–2pm AEDT. Explore practical tools to
strengthen and sustain the workforce.
Register here:zurl.co/LuMgh
System of Care – online, Wed 22 Oct 2025, 1–2pm AEDT. Explore practical tools to
strengthen and sustain the workforce.
Register here:zurl.co/LuMgh
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Join NEDC’s National Strategy Forum: Advancing Workforce Development Across the Stepped
System of Care – online, Wed 22 Oct 2025, 1–2pm AEDT. Explore practical tools to
strengthen and sustain the workforce.
Register here:zurl.co/LuMgh
System of Care – online, Wed 22 Oct 2025, 1–2pm AEDT. Explore practical tools to
strengthen and sustain the workforce.
Register here:zurl.co/LuMgh