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The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) is the principal advisory body to Government on drug policy and plays a critical role in ensuring the voice of the community is heard in relation to drug related policies and strategies. Membership of the ANCD includes people with a wide range of experience and expertise on various aspects of drug policy, such as treatment, rehabilitation, education, family counselling, law enforcement, research and work at the coalface in community organisations.

This website is the result of an ongoing partnership between the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) and beyondblue: the national depression initiative (beyondblue), and our continuing work in the area of mental health, discrimination and insurance.
Australians with experience of mental illness are not able to access insurance at the same rates as Australians who have not experienced mental illness.
They often endure increased premiums, restrictions on their policies and outright rejection of their applications and claims when a history of mental illness is disclosed.
This website is designed to connect Australians with experience of mental illness and their carers with reliable and accurate information about insurance products and policies, how mental illness impacts on applications and claims processes, consumer rights and responsibilities and avenues for complaints and appeals.