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As women across Victoria experience high levels of depression and anxiety, chief executives from the stateâs 12 womenâs health services will call on Treasurer Tim Pallas to include a large sum for gender-specific mental health services in the May 20 budget.
The members of Victoriaâs Womenâs Health Service Council say they would be âdevastatedâ if their budget bid for $59 million, much of it for mental health support, is not met but believe it is unlikely to be.
Women in Victoria are experiencing high levels of anxiety and depression and womenâs health services say support must be funded in the May 20 budget.