维多利亚州心理健康与福祉委员会的独立监督报告在政府发布前遭到实质性改写[1]。原始报告显示，在270项心理健康改革承诺中仅有54项完成[1]，但重新发布的版本将进度数据调整为原先的两倍[1]。
报告于2025年12月提交政府，但延迟6个月至2026年6月24日才向公众发布[1]。在这段期间，至少75项原始评分被改进[1]，评估方法也随之改变[1]。原报告采用5个评分类别，重写后被削减至3个[1]，其中32个被列为"有限进度证据可公开获得"的案例在新版本中被删除[1]。
原报告作者、前专员安娜贝尔·布雷布纳对修订版的可靠性提出质疑，指出"方法论的差异对评估的整体可靠性和有效性提出了疑问"[1]。心理健康与福祉委员会临时专员玛吉·托科则称2025年12月版本是"早期、不完整的草稿"[1]。
此事引发对政府干预独立监督的担忧。透明国际澳大利亚首席执行官克兰西·摩尔表示，"政府重新编写和延迟关键报告的声称对透明度和问责制是一个打击"[1]。就在此前的2024年12月，政府向议会提出有争议的法案以改革委员会领导[1]，2025年4月27日该立法变更生效，四名独立专员的职位被消除[1]。
An independent report by Victoria's Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission underwent substantial revisions before government publication, according to findings reported by the Sydney Morning Herald. The original assessment documented that just 54 of 270 promised mental health reforms had been completed, yet the rewritten version presented by the government appeared to show doubled progress.[1]
The report was submitted to the government in December 2025 but withheld for six months before its public release on June 24, 2026.[1] During this period, at least 75 evaluation scores were adjusted upward, the assessment methodology was altered, and critical findings were removed.[1] The original five-category rating scale was reduced to three categories, and 32 cases previously classified as having "limited publicly available evidence of progress" were eliminated from the final version.[1]
Former Commission Chair Annabel Brayburn, the original report's author, challenged the credibility of the rewritten document, stating that "in my view, the methodological differences raise questions about the overall reliability and validity of the assessment."[1] Transparency International Australia CEO Clancy Moore characterized the revisions as damaging to oversight, declaring that "the government's alleged rewriting and delaying of a critical report is a blow to transparency and accountability."[1] The Interim Commissioner of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, Maggie Toko, described the December 2025 version as an "early, incomplete draft."[1]
These changes occurred within a broader context of legislative reform. In December 2024, the government introduced a controversial bill to restructure the Commission's leadership, and by April 27, 2025, the positions of four independent commissioners had been eliminated through legislative change.[1]