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Ian Hickie

Professor Ian Hickie AM is co-director of health and policy at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, and former national mental health commissioner (2012-18).

January 2023

  • Woman talking to psychotherapist

    Tinkering with Medicare funding won’t fix the mental health system. We must overhaul our approach to care

    Ian Hickie
    By simply giving more cash to selected programs, we deflect attention away from smart, system-wide reforms that would help those who need it most

May 2021

  • Woman suffering from depression

    ‘We can’t afford not to act’: experts on their hopes for mental health in Australia’s budget

    Ian Hickie, Hazel Dalton, Tegan Carrison, Tamara Cavenett
    Australia needs to start flattening the mental health curve urgently. The coming budget is an opportunity for action

October 2020

  • Treasurer Josh Frydenberg holds the 2020-21 budget papers at the National Press Club in Canberra

    We need more than 'hope' and 'optimism' to tackle Australia's mental health crisis

    Ian Hickie
    Our future mental wealth will depend on economic, social and health policies that deliver real outcomes for all Australians

May 2020

  • Minister for Health Greg Hunt (L) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) speak to the media during a press conference regarding coronavirus, in Canberra, Australia, 15 May 2020.

    Our suicide research is clear: Australia needs more urgent action to address the Covid-19 fallout

    Ian Hickie
    The government has announced extra funding and another communications strategy. It’s not enough

May 2015

  • A woman looking out of a window

    Australia can avoid a new generation of asylums if doctors and politicians listen

    Ian Hickie
    Time and again, politicians are advised to move to community-based mental health care – so why do they reject it?
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