Our Policy Submissions

We produce a range of policy submissions and documents that speak to our research and work with young people, policy priorities for young people, and the role of online mental health services in supporting young people and the people they turn to for support – parents/carers and friends.

2025 ReachOut Policy Submissions

• AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL ELECTION 2025 Joint statement on youth mental health priorities (March 2025)

2023-2024 ReachOut Policy Submissions

• Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society by ReachOut’s Youth Advocates (August 2024)

• Inquiry into social media impacts on Australian society. Collaborative submission from ReachOut, Beyond Blue and Black Dog Institute (July 2024)

• Submission to the Select Committee on Cost of Living by ReachOut's Youth Advocates (March 2024)

• Inquiry into the equity, accessibility and appropriate delivery of outpatient and community mental health care in New South Wales (September 2023)

2021-2022 ReachOut Policy Submissions

• Inquiry into school refusal (December 2022)

• Inquiry into social media and online safety (January 2022)

• Inquiry into the Religious Discrimination Bills (November 2021)

2019-2020 ReachOut Policy Submissions

• Submission to the NSW Legislative Council regarding the Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill (February 2020)

• Victorian Youth Strategy (December 2020)

• Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committees: Lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019–20 (May 2020)

• Productivity Commission Inquiry: The Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health (April 2019)

• Public submission to consultation process on the draft Online Safety Charter (April 2019)

2018 ReachOut Policy Submissions

• Submission to the review of the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015 and the Online Content Scheme (July 2018)

• Submission to the inquiry into the accessibility and quality of mental health services in rural and remote Australia (May 2018)

• The adequacy of existing offences in the Commonwealth Criminal Code and of state and territory criminal laws to capture cyberbullying: Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee (January 2018)

• Arrangements for the Postal Survey: Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee (January 2018)