Victoria's Mental Health Report: A Recipe for Deception and Delay The latest chapter in Victoria's mental health reform saga has exposed a disturbing pattern of obfuscation, delay, and manipulation.
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission's (MHWC) report on the government's progress in implementing royal commission recommendations was rewritten to downplay critical findings and exaggerate progress.
This reworked version was only made public after a six month delay, during which time at least 75 of the original commissioners' status ratings were mysteriously improved.