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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

Govt resists police pressure to fix mental health response

A mental health response service will receive funding until June, but the government has not expanded the service despite pressure from police.

The program with front-line service providers, including police, paramedics and clinicians, specifically set up to respond to mental health incidents has two teams at present and the government has committed to continue funding the second team until the end of the financial year.

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