Gayaa Dhuwi’s National Impact Platform 2025-28 sets a bold agenda for achieving transformative change in social and emotional wellbeing, mental health, and suicide prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Guided by the principles of the Gayaa Dhuwi National Impact Platform 2025-2028 outlines strategic priorities and actionable policy reforms to ensure culturally safe, equitable, and effective mental health systems across Australia.
As the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing, mental health, and suicide prevention, Gayaa Dhuwi is committed to embedding the voices, leadership, and cultural strengths of our mob at every level of decision-making and service delivery.
This platform builds on a “best of both worlds” approach, combining cultural and clinical care models to achieve the highest attainable mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Informed by a robust consultation framework, this policy platform represents a critical step in addressing systemic inequities, promoting cultural safety, and achieving sustainable mental health and social and emotional wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It calls for collective action and commitment from governments, organisations, and communities to build a future where our people thrive.
Gayaa Dhuwi’s National Impact Platform is structured around our strategic priorities:
Lead: Gayaa Dhuwi is the nationally inclusive and representative voice, leader, and advocate for systemic change.
Connect: Gayaa Dhuwi is people centred and has developed co-design methods that ensure community perspectives are included in system decisions.
Influence: Gayaa Dhuwi develops and promotes evidence that supports systemic change towards integrated cultural and clinical care to achieve a best of both worlds approach.
Transform: Gayaa Dhuwi influences the transformation of the Australian mental health system through policy, partnerships, and advocacy.