Borderline Personality Disorder

Mr DULUK (Davenport) (14:36): My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. When will the minister release the Action Plan for People Living with Borderline Personality Disorder 2017-2020, given that it was provided to the minister more than six months ago and that as of today the Mental Health Commission's website states that the report will be released late 2016?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:37): It is my absolute pleasure to discuss this. It is something I am very passionate about, and I really enjoyed my time—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The minister will be seated. The minister has not offered any provocation to the opposition. The minister is providing the house with information well within the standing orders, so I ask the opposition to listen to the minister's answers in silence. Minister.

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS: It is an area I am very passionate about and something I have been concerned about since I have been the parliamentary secretary. It is one of the reasons the Mental Health Commission was asked to write this report and continues to liaise with carers and consumers in this poorly understood area of psychiatry, one which has a significant morbidity and mortality rate.

I recently spent over two hours, I believe, with the Sanctuary group at Wayville, talking to family members who are bereaved and also consumers and carers. There were a variety of age groups in that room with whom I spent time that day, and they talked about their care and concerns for case management. We talked about the report and the significance it will have in helping them receive treatment for their loved ones and in changing their lives. At the end of that time they talked to me constructively, and I will talk to them again very shortly, about how this plan can be implemented in our state for the betterment of all of them.