The indexation of funding is less than we were looking for.

The Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT) and the Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug Council of Tasmania (ATDC) have together welcomed the investment announced in the State Budget for a Lived Experience Training and Development Hub (the Hub).

The Budget does very little to ease cost of living pressures for young Tasmanians and provides little relief for Government-procured community service organisations.

The Budget includes some small pockets of funding specifically allocated to new mental health and wellbeing initiatives, including a welcome recognition of the value of lived experience to the mental health hand alcohol and other drugs sectors through funding for initiatives like a Lived Experience Training and Development Hub.