Simon Katterl
@simonkkatterl.bsky.social
He/him | CEO, Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland | Mental Health Law, Regulation & Human Rights Advocate | Bylines in the Guardian & the Age | Research: https://shorturl.at/DpKkE
Deliciously, that is exactly the level of thinking that led them to lose the first test.
#NeverChange
#NeverChange
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Deliciously, that is exactly the level of thinking that led them to lose the first test.
#NeverChange
#NeverChange
Centrist Democrats to make a public holiday to commemorate Dick Cheney because those were the good old days when politics worked.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Centrist Democrats to make a public holiday to commemorate Dick Cheney because those were the good old days when politics worked.
New research from me today revealing widespread breaches of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 by public mental health services.
Here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
New research from me today revealing widespread breaches of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 by public mental health services.
Here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
QLD's mental health system needs YOU.
We - the Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland - are looking for lived experience folks to join the movement as members!
We use our shared knowledge, stories and insights for change systemic change.
To join: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
We - the Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland - are looking for lived experience folks to join the movement as members!
We use our shared knowledge, stories and insights for change systemic change.
To join: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
QLD's mental health system needs YOU.
We - the Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland - are looking for lived experience folks to join the movement as members!
We use our shared knowledge, stories and insights for change systemic change.
To join: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
We - the Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland - are looking for lived experience folks to join the movement as members!
We use our shared knowledge, stories and insights for change systemic change.
To join: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Everyone watching international law right now.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Everyone watching international law right now.
Open letter to the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatry asking it to act on earlier vilifying statements in the Age.
May 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Open letter to the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatry asking it to act on earlier vilifying statements in the Age.
Husic highlighting that speaking up internally on Gaza has contributed to his ousting from the front bench.
May 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Husic highlighting that speaking up internally on Gaza has contributed to his ousting from the front bench.
Wherever you think the Greens overstepped - the CFMEU rally wasn't the best - they were the only party consistently speaking up about a genocide.
Journalists today write about fleeting outrage at the Greens' incivility.
Historians tomorrow will write about journalists' permissiveness of genocide.
Journalists today write about fleeting outrage at the Greens' incivility.
Historians tomorrow will write about journalists' permissiveness of genocide.
May 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Wherever you think the Greens overstepped - the CFMEU rally wasn't the best - they were the only party consistently speaking up about a genocide.
Journalists today write about fleeting outrage at the Greens' incivility.
Historians tomorrow will write about journalists' permissiveness of genocide.
Journalists today write about fleeting outrage at the Greens' incivility.
Historians tomorrow will write about journalists' permissiveness of genocide.
WA dramatically needs mental health reform from this government.
But sure. Let's give people brain trauma for sport instead.
But sure. Let's give people brain trauma for sport instead.
May 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
WA dramatically needs mental health reform from this government.
But sure. Let's give people brain trauma for sport instead.
But sure. Let's give people brain trauma for sport instead.
I don't know why old media is getting upset about new media when we're getting this.
In what world is this relevant for the PM to know?
In what world is this relevant for the PM to know?
April 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I don't know why old media is getting upset about new media when we're getting this.
In what world is this relevant for the PM to know?
In what world is this relevant for the PM to know?
A reminder as we hear election announcements about mental health policies — the evidence points to the need to think more deeply.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
A reminder as we hear election announcements about mental health policies — the evidence points to the need to think more deeply.
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This election is the most neoliberal agenda from both mainstream parties that I've ever seen.
We live in an era where the major corporations have entirely captured the majors such that we can't promise a better or fairer future... Just a one with lower taxes.
We live in an era where the major corporations have entirely captured the majors such that we can't promise a better or fairer future... Just a one with lower taxes.
April 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This election is the most neoliberal agenda from both mainstream parties that I've ever seen.
We live in an era where the major corporations have entirely captured the majors such that we can't promise a better or fairer future... Just a one with lower taxes.
We live in an era where the major corporations have entirely captured the majors such that we can't promise a better or fairer future... Just a one with lower taxes.
The MHWC offers minimal analysis on govt implementation of RC recs in its annual report. Claims to be "in dialogue" but only tells public recommendations are "in progress" with no evidence, details on timeline, or proof of actual advancement. How can we verify any progress?
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April 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The MHWC offers minimal analysis on govt implementation of RC recs in its annual report. Claims to be "in dialogue" but only tells public recommendations are "in progress" with no evidence, details on timeline, or proof of actual advancement. How can we verify any progress?
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The article (archived here: archive.md/dISBo) highlights that the govt delayed implementing rec 10 of the Royal Commission into Vic's MH System.
The report highlights a list of rec's that are delayed.
Report: parliament.vic.gov.au/495bd4/conte...
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The report highlights a list of rec's that are delayed.
Report: parliament.vic.gov.au/495bd4/conte...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The article (archived here: archive.md/dISBo) highlights that the govt delayed implementing rec 10 of the Royal Commission into Vic's MH System.
The report highlights a list of rec's that are delayed.
Report: parliament.vic.gov.au/495bd4/conte...
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The report highlights a list of rec's that are delayed.
Report: parliament.vic.gov.au/495bd4/conte...
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In Parliament @timreadgreens.bsky.social has asked the Mental Health Minister what the Govt is spending on the MHWC v Katterl FOI case & whether a review into the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is being considered.
Question: shorturl.at/OOV8p
More: ourcommission.au
@green-sarah.bsky.social
Question: shorturl.at/OOV8p
More: ourcommission.au
@green-sarah.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
In Parliament @timreadgreens.bsky.social has asked the Mental Health Minister what the Govt is spending on the MHWC v Katterl FOI case & whether a review into the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is being considered.
Question: shorturl.at/OOV8p
More: ourcommission.au
@green-sarah.bsky.social
Question: shorturl.at/OOV8p
More: ourcommission.au
@green-sarah.bsky.social
My beautiful boy Hal went to sleep on Friday last week. Still raw and the home feels so foreign to me as a single person.
I've started putting photos up of him around the house which brings me some joy.
What have you done in the past as part of grieving and feeling ok in your own home?
I've started putting photos up of him around the house which brings me some joy.
What have you done in the past as part of grieving and feeling ok in your own home?
March 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My beautiful boy Hal went to sleep on Friday last week. Still raw and the home feels so foreign to me as a single person.
I've started putting photos up of him around the house which brings me some joy.
What have you done in the past as part of grieving and feeling ok in your own home?
I've started putting photos up of him around the house which brings me some joy.
What have you done in the past as part of grieving and feeling ok in your own home?
Tackling the big challenges that face our country.
March 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Tackling the big challenges that face our country.
The "false" placards are a bit lame. Feels very 2017. We know it's false. Need something more hard-hitting than that.
March 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The "false" placards are a bit lame. Feels very 2017. We know it's false. Need something more hard-hitting than that.
Politics in Mind, comes out monthly, with the next edition coming out next week.
In this newsletter on mental health, lived experience, neurodiversity and politics, you'll find:
💡A monthly essay
🗞️ News and events
📃 Contemporary research
💼 Sector roles.
www.simonkatterlconsulting.com/newsletter
In this newsletter on mental health, lived experience, neurodiversity and politics, you'll find:
💡A monthly essay
🗞️ News and events
📃 Contemporary research
💼 Sector roles.
www.simonkatterlconsulting.com/newsletter
February 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Politics in Mind, comes out monthly, with the next edition coming out next week.
In this newsletter on mental health, lived experience, neurodiversity and politics, you'll find:
💡A monthly essay
🗞️ News and events
📃 Contemporary research
💼 Sector roles.
www.simonkatterlconsulting.com/newsletter
In this newsletter on mental health, lived experience, neurodiversity and politics, you'll find:
💡A monthly essay
🗞️ News and events
📃 Contemporary research
💼 Sector roles.
www.simonkatterlconsulting.com/newsletter
Mesmerising to see the Democratic establishment missing the moment with such precision and consistency.
Yes, following an election where people became disaffected to an establishment built on false popularity...a billionaire will save you.
Truly. Something to behold.
Yes, following an election where people became disaffected to an establishment built on false popularity...a billionaire will save you.
Truly. Something to behold.
February 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Mesmerising to see the Democratic establishment missing the moment with such precision and consistency.
Yes, following an election where people became disaffected to an establishment built on false popularity...a billionaire will save you.
Truly. Something to behold.
Yes, following an election where people became disaffected to an establishment built on false popularity...a billionaire will save you.
Truly. Something to behold.
Louise highlighting how it is important how we package messages matters to maximising impact.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Louise highlighting how it is important how we package messages matters to maximising impact.
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Louise highlighting how increased exposure to LLEW improves the quality of mental health services.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Louise highlighting how increased exposure to LLEW improves the quality of mental health services.
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Louise Byrne speaking at the Powering up conference on the lived experience workforce.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Louise Byrne speaking at the Powering up conference on the lived experience workforce.
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