The Lawler Government’s 2024 Budget has failed to provide appropriate funding for community services that could help make the community safer, experts say, including for mental health services, youth programs, drug and alcohol support and failed to acknowledge the extent of domestic violence across the Territory.

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists said the budget did not adequately address the dire state of mental health services, with too many Territorians forced to delay or miss out entirely on essential mental health care, while the NT consistently has the highest suicide rate in the country.

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