Mental health is not for sale!

Stop the sell off of Tolosa Street Adult Mental Health Facility

What's the situation?

The Liberal government is moving to reduce mental health services and sell off the Tolosa Street Adult Mental Health Service and hand over its operations to private interests.

The facility provides a crucial service to the community by assisting Tasmanians with mental health conditions to build independent living skills and focus on their recovery, employing a range of health professionals including respite support workers, nurses, cleaners and social workers.

Time and again, we’ve seen that privatisation doesn’t deliver when it comes to essential public services. Mental health care should be focused on people, not profits, and it should never be treated as a business opportunity.

Save Tolosa Street rally - 30 April 2025

Mental health workers at the Tolosa Street Adult Mental Health Service walked off the job for one hour at 12:00pm on 30 April in a show of defiance against the state government's move to reduce public mental health services and privatise the facility.

The Tolosa Street Adult Mental Health Service is one of six public mental health facilities in the state and specifically helps vulnerable Tasmanians build independent living skills and focus on long-term recovery.

Workers are calling for the immediate cancellation of the sell-off of the Tolosa Street Adult Mental Health Service and for the state government to commit to maintaining and expanding public investment in mental health care.

 

What can be done?

You can raise awareness with your colleagues, friends and family by sharing this page with them. By doing this, you will be helping us turn the heat up on Baptcare management.

You can also add your voice to the campaign and sign the petition here .
 

By getting the word out there, you can help show the Liberal government that the community does care about workers and consumers of the Tolosa Street Adult Mental Health Facility.

Watch the video of HACSU State Secretary Robbie Moore explaining the impact the sale of this vital service will have on patients, workers and the community – and how you can help our campaign.