2023-24 Federal Budget: Health at a glance
- $5.7 billion over five years to strengthen Medicare
- 15 per cent pay rise on award wages for aged care workers
- More bulk billing urgent care clinics
- New Centre for Disease Control
- $732.9 million to improve systems and fight fraud in Disability sector
- $194 million for dedicated Indigenous action plan to end family violence
- $561.6 million for health programs including cancer and anti-smoking for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- $166.8 million for an additional 9,500 home care packages
- $487 million for disability support program for older Australians.
For more information you can read Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler’s media releases and the Budget overview.
Don’t miss the general practice webinar — 24 May at 7.30pm (updated date/time)
So what does the 9 May Federal Budget mean for general practice?
Never before has so much change been in the offing for GPs, practices and primary healthcare in general.
How do the spending and saving decisions made in the 2023 Federal Budget measure up to what has been widely discussed and to what extent will they meet the enormous challenges faced by general practitioners and their practice teams?
Join an exclusive, interactive GP webinar with the Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler, hosted by Dr Norman Swan.
The event is under the auspices of the WA Primary Health Alliance, the PHN Cooperative and Tonic Media Network. An updated registration pack will be distributed closer to the date with relevant details of CPD points available.