From principles to practice: Clarifying new obligations under Victoria's .

Objective: To explain the new test for complying with the mental health principles under the (Vic).

Conclusion: The principles carry over limitations from the previous (Vic) while also containing new features. The 'all reasonable efforts to comply' and 'proper consideration' tests resemble the existing test under section 38(1) of the (Vic) that also apply to public mental health services.

Examining the workplace rights of mental health consumer workers.

Objective To identify what legal workplace protections are available for the mental health consumer workforce in Australia. Methods Review the available common law and legislative protections to identify the general workforce rights and employer responsibilities in Australia. Results Consumer workforce members enjoy protections under employment law, anti-discrimination law, tort law and work health and safety law.

The importance of motivational postures to mental health regulators: Lessons for Victoria's mental health system in reducing the use of force.

Objective: To consider whether research into "motivational postures" can assist the Victorian Government and the forthcoming Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission to regulate and implement forthcoming mental health laws.

Conclusion: Although no research explicitly uses a motivational postures framework, there is evidence of a diverse set of postures amongst the mental health workforce. Some practitioners and disciplines reflect positive motivational postures towards mental health laws and consumer rights, while others show resistance, and others disengagement altogether.

Consumers' experiences of rights-based mental health laws: Lessons from Victoria, Australia.

Many countries embarked on reforms of mental health law in the wake of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These reforms have had varying levels of success. This paper considers the experience of consumers in the Victorian mental health system, drawing on an evaluation that asked consumers and clinicians about their knowledge and experience of rights under the Victorian Mental Health Act, 2014.