PM 'must take responsibility' for postal survey mental health concerns

By Adam Gartrell, Kate Aubusson
Updated September 19 2017 - 9:38pm, first published 9:33pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during a vote that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce no longer be heard during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 11 September 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during a vote that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce no longer be heard during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 11 September 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares
Health Minister Greg Hunt arrives at Canberra Airport on Monday 7 August 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Health Minister Greg Hunt arrives at Canberra Airport on Monday 7 August 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 17, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 170917: Sky-writing above Sydney's CBD supporting the negative in the debate on same sex marriage. Australian homes will recieve the postal survey this week which will give the Federal Government an indication on the Public's .view on the controversial topic. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - September 17, 2017: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SMH NEWS: 170917: Sky-writing above Sydney's CBD supporting the negative in the debate on same sex marriage. Australian homes will recieve the postal survey this week which will give the Federal Government an indication on the Public's .view on the controversial topic. (Photo by James Alcock/Fairfax Media).

The Turnbull government must take responsibility and invest more in frontline mental health services struggling with surging demand as a result of the same-sex marriage postal survey, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says.

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