We are an alliance of Australian businesses dedicated to providing mentally healthy workplaces for our people.

It's been fantastic for us to learn from organisations across corporate Australia. When we look at the risks and hazards that are facing employees across organisations, they're all very similar so its nice to learn from that.

I think all organisations across Australia need to work together on this important topic because it's a fundamental right to teel secure in our workplaces and if we can share that knowledge and experience with one another then we grow a culture of safety across the country.

What I most value about being part of CMHAA is the networking - to hear what others are doing to reach out with questions and share ideas.

Being part of CMHAA has been great. By connecting with other businesses in our sector who have similar challenges and opportunities, to support our teams and working together, we have created this broader workforce to help us solve problems within our industry.

When mental health is good, people are productive, happy, healthy, and can manage life's challenges and stresses. When it is poor, we can find it hard to function, to find meaning in our work and daily life. The CMHAA calls upon all organisations to create safe settings that foster open dialogue and normalise conversations about mental health; prioritise employee mental health as a core part of their business strategy; and build employee, leader and organisational capability that can support a thriving workplace.

We are all on a different journey and have different levels of maturity and it's an area where none of us want to compete with each other. So being part of CMHAA is an opportunity for each of us to amplify what we each do and take all those sparks of innovation, all that learning and bring it all together in a meaningful way. Hopefully we can make a really big difference to workers in this country.