The holistic concept of social and emotional wellbeing, in combination with clinical approaches, should guide all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health, healing, and suicide prevention policy development, and service and program delivery.

Across their lifespan, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with wellbeing or mental health problems must have access to cultural healers and healing methods.

Across their lifespan, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should have access to affordable, appropriate, and culturally safe and competent mental health and suicide prevention programs, services, and professionals without direct or indirect discrimination.

All parts of the Australian mental health system should be guided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander concepts of social and emotional wellbeing, mental health, and healing in combination with clinical approaches when working to heal and restore the wellbeing and mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

It is the responsibility of all mental health professionals and professional associations, and educational institutions and standard-setting bodies that work in mental health (and also those in areas related to mental health, particularly suicide prevention) to make their practices and/or curriculum respectful and inclusive of the mental health and suicide prevention needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, as outlined in this Declaration.

Led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, all parts of the Australian mental health system should use Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values-based social and emotional wellbeing and mental health outcome measures, in combination with clinical measures, when developing evaluation frameworks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and suicide prevention services and programs. This also applies to the development of an evidence base for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing, mental health, and suicide prevention.

Led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values-based social and emotional wellbeing and mental health targets, in combination with clinical targets, should be adopted across all parts of the Australian mental health system.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be trained, employed, empowered, and valued to work at all levels and across all parts of the Australian mental health system and among the professions that work in that system.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be trained, employed, empowered, and valued to lead across all parts of the Australian mental health system that are dedicated to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing and mental health, and to reducing suicide, and in all parts of that system used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be trained, employed, empowered, and valued to lead in all areas of government activity in Australia that affect the wellbeing and mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

All parts of the Australian mental health system should support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders to practice culturally informed concepts of leadership.

All parts of the Australian mental health system should support and value the presence and visibility of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, and further support them to be influential in all parts of it.

All parts of the Australian mental health system should support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders to exercise self-care, and to meet and to support each other, and to further develop and articulate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander concepts of social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and healing.

All parts of the Australian mental health system should support the accountability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders to their communities and to the wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, including by allowing them the time required to meet and listen to their communities and wider constituents and exercise culturally informed leadership among them.