Victoria's mental health levy criticised

The Victorian government has been accused of lacking transparency over where the state's $1 billion mental health levy goes. Labor shelved mental health pledges last week after rejecting a recommendation for annual breakdowns of services funded by the levy. The rollout of 35 local mental health and wellbeing hubs has been delayed - despite having revenue resources The Coalition and the Greens are demanding increased monitoring of the cash to cover mental health services.