Psychologists' body says 6000-strong workforce is not being used

Finn McHugh
Updated September 23 2021 - 7:21am, first published 5:30am
The federal government will put $2.5m towards mental health support in the ACT. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
The federal government will put $2.5m towards mental health support in the ACT. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The pool of psychologists available to struggling Australians must be expanded to combat a growing mental health crisis, the nation's peak psychologists body says.

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Finn McHugh

Finn McHugh

Federal Political Reporter

Finn McHugh has been federal political reporter for The Canberra Times since July 2021. He joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 2019 where he was executive producer of Sky News's AM Agenda, before joining NCA NewsWire as a federal political reporter. He has previously interned at the Kuwait Times.