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
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
Queensland consumers, carers & families - your lived experience is needed for the Better Care Together evaluation.
Ethicol (independent researchers) is assessing QLD Health's mental health & AOD services plan through to 2027.
Ethicol (independent researchers) is assessing QLD Health's mental health & AOD services plan through to 2027.
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Queensland consumers, carers & families - your lived experience is needed for the Better Care Together evaluation.
Ethicol (independent researchers) is assessing QLD Health's mental health & AOD services plan through to 2027.
Ethicol (independent researchers) is assessing QLD Health's mental health & AOD services plan through to 2027.
Have you worked with a Peer Support Worker (Lived Experience Professional) for mental health support?
Researchers from Curtin University would love to hear about your experience to evaluate what factors can influence client satisfaction.
Researchers from Curtin University would love to hear about your experience to evaluate what factors can influence client satisfaction.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Have you worked with a Peer Support Worker (Lived Experience Professional) for mental health support?
Researchers from Curtin University would love to hear about your experience to evaluate what factors can influence client satisfaction.
Researchers from Curtin University would love to hear about your experience to evaluate what factors can influence client satisfaction.
Every day in Australia, 46 people receiving mental healthcare die prematurely from preventable physical illnesses—an average of 11 years earlier than the general population.
October 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Every day in Australia, 46 people receiving mental healthcare die prematurely from preventable physical illnesses—an average of 11 years earlier than the general population.
Professor Sharon Lawn joins the latest @RANZCP Psych Matters podcast discussing Victoria's Psychiatry Leadership Framework & what ethical leadership means when rebuilding mental health systems.
October 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Professor Sharon Lawn joins the latest @RANZCP Psych Matters podcast discussing Victoria's Psychiatry Leadership Framework & what ethical leadership means when rebuilding mental health systems.
Today we join people worldwide recognising World Mental Health Day.
While the international focus is on mental health in humanitarian emergencies, Australia's theme reminds us to Connect with your Community.
While the international focus is on mental health in humanitarian emergencies, Australia's theme reminds us to Connect with your Community.
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Today we join people worldwide recognising World Mental Health Day.
While the international focus is on mental health in humanitarian emergencies, Australia's theme reminds us to Connect with your Community.
While the international focus is on mental health in humanitarian emergencies, Australia's theme reminds us to Connect with your Community.
Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day, and this year's international theme focuses on mental health in humanitarian emergencies—while @Mental Health Australia has chosen 'Connect with your Community.'
October 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day, and this year's international theme focuses on mental health in humanitarian emergencies—while @Mental Health Australia has chosen 'Connect with your Community.'
You can still register to attend this important launch of the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance Strategic Plan.
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
You can still register to attend this important launch of the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance Strategic Plan.
LEA works with Open Door on wellbeing initiatives for veterans and public safety personnel and their families—sharing this from their Research Series.
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
LEA works with Open Door on wellbeing initiatives for veterans and public safety personnel and their families—sharing this from their Research Series.
As BPD Awareness Week closes, let's remember: understanding matters. Language matters. Informed care matters.
If you're living with BPD, supporting someone who is, or working in the sector—thank you for being part of the conversation. Change happens when we unite for it.
If you're living with BPD, supporting someone who is, or working in the sector—thank you for being part of the conversation. Change happens when we unite for it.
October 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
As BPD Awareness Week closes, let's remember: understanding matters. Language matters. Informed care matters.
If you're living with BPD, supporting someone who is, or working in the sector—thank you for being part of the conversation. Change happens when we unite for it.
If you're living with BPD, supporting someone who is, or working in the sector—thank you for being part of the conversation. Change happens when we unite for it.