We are the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance – Australia’s national peak body for people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We don’t just advocate for change—we lead it. With our federated network of state and territory peaks, we’re reshaping the system from the ground up, ensuring that lived expertise drives every decision that affects our lives.
Australia’s national peak body for people with lived experience of mental health challenges.
We collaborate, we disrupt, we transform and we do it with integrity, transparency, and community.
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We believe in the power of lived experience to drive meaningful change. Our work is grounded in principles of the 60-year mental health consumer movement promoting self-determination, human rights, and social justice.
Discover who we are
As Australia’s federated mental health consumer peak body, we unite the strength of lived experience across the country. We work to ensure that our voices are not just heard but lead the way—at every table where mental health policies, services, and research are shaped. We collaborate, we disrupt, we transform—and we do it with integrity, transparency, and community.
Discover what we do
We advocate for person-led care, we challenge bigotry, discrimination, and vilification and we promote peer-led support and leadership. Together, we’re breaking down stigma, building person-led systems, and creating a future where mental health support works for ALL of us.
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