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Dear Members, As 2025 draws to a close, the Board of Directors and I extend our warmest wishes to you for a Happy Christmas, restorative Summer Holidays and a safe, and peaceful, New Year. This has been a significant year for the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, marked by strong progress, important reform, and growing national and international leadership. Together, we advanced credentialling pathway reform, expanded Special Interest Groups, and continued to grow and strengthen our membership. We celebrated International Mental Health Nurses Day with Professor Tim Wand as our keynote and honoured excellence through the Mental Health Nurse ...

Dear Fellows and Members I would like to draw your attention to our statement posted on our website yesterday (Friday 5th September 2025). At ACMHN we denounce racism and we recognise, celebrate, stand united and support a rich ethnic diversity amongst our membership. Recent racially motivated protests, sentiments and behaviours throughout Australia have undermined the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of some of our members, and many others in the Australian community. As a First Nations yinaar, your president, and a mental health nursing leader, I stand firmly against racism and promote responsible practice to create culturally safe spaces ...

Hi all A personal message from me inviting you all to our MHNursesDay webinar with Prof Tim Wand 2-4pm AEST - register here: We will announce our ACMHN Mental Health Nurse of the Year. You can join in the celebrations on social media by accessing our celebration tool and tiles kit for sharing here A great free opportunity for all of our valued members and a great opportunity to invite non-members to share in the celebrations too! All free! All welcome! Happy #MHNursesDay to each of you. Thank you for all you do! Kindest regards

Hi all A personal message from me inviting you all to our MHNursesDay webinar with Prof Tim Wand 2-4pm AEST - register here: We will announce our ACMHN Mental Health Nurse of the Year. You can join in the celebrations on social media by accessing our celebration tool and tiles kit for sharing here A great free opportunity for all of our valued members and a great opportunity to invite non-members to share in the celebrations too! All free! All welcome! Happy #MHNursesDay to each of you. Thank you for all you do! Kindest regards

CEO Report Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMBA) Update For the first time in a few years, the NMBA has approached us to update College details dating back 4-5 years. This, coupled with Ahpra also updating College details, indicates that federal agencies are working to better identify and support our discipline. Federal Update I attended a meeting in Assistant Minister Ged Kearney’s office on July 3, where I discussed key areas of our MHN discipline with various advisors and staff. We talked about the role of MHN with nurse practitioners, GPs, and psychiatrists in repositioning CMHN as a key contributor to healthcare. We also covered the progress of the ...