Health Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Develops national policy and programs for health, disability and aged care.
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Latest releases
All 424 releases from Health, with filters-
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FOI 26-3226 IC – Documents related to establishment of the Thriving Kids Taskforce
The release comprises internal departmental emails, a draft taskforce arrangements paper and role scope documents concerning the establishment of the Thriving Kids Taskforce, which leads policy design for a national support system for parents and children outside the NDIS. The…
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FOI-27-3502, 27-3520, 27-3521, 27-3522, 27-3523, 27-3524, 27-3525, 27-3526, 27-3527, 27-3528, 27-3529, 27-3530 – Estimates briefs
This FOI release comprises estimates briefing material for the Senate Community Affairs Committee's 2026-27 Budget Estimates, covering the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (Outcome 0, Whole of Portfolio). Contents include workforce data (average staffing levels rising…
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FOI 26-2962 IC – Document captured in FOI 26-2286
The release consists of a single-page-range fragment, marked as page 3 of 3 and captioned as a document captured in FOI 26-2286, with the header text scrambled and largely illegible. The extracted text contains only fragments of words such as "Department of Health", "Freedom of…
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FOI 26-2911 IR – Documents relating to the MBS/BPS dataset publication in 2016
The release comprises documents on the 2016 publication of the 10% MBS/PBS sample dataset on data.gov.au. It includes a University of Melbourne paper (Culnane, Rubinstein and Teague, 8 September 2016) showing that the method used to encrypt service provider ID numbers could be…
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FOI 26-3324 – Private Health Insurance Rebate Modelling
This FOI release concerns modelling of the Private Health Insurance (PHI) rebate change, including Budget Estimates briefs, a Finity comparison, forward estimates tables and Senate questions on notice. The modelling projects that the rebate cut would reduce PRI-funded private…
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FOI 26-3145 IR – Procurement and use of Fivecast software
This FOI release (FOI 26-3145 IR) concerns the Therapeutic Goods Administration's procurement and use of Fivecast software, an open-source intelligence (OSINT) platform. The core document is a Commitment Approval Minute recommending approval of $107,250.00 (GST inclusive) to…
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FOI 26-3276 – Documents relating to the Psychology Higher Degree Redesign Project
The release (FOI 26-3276) contains documents on the Psychology Higher Degree Redesign Project, led by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Document 1 is the April 2026 Psychology Supply and Demand Compendium Report, which models national psychologist supply against…
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FOI 27-3404 – Documents relating to the methodology and assumptions used in the Psychology Supply and Demand Compendium Report, April 2026
The release comprises an underlying data workbook supporting the Department's Psychology Supply and Demand Study (April 2026), extracted on 24 July 2026 and disclosed under FOI 27-3404. It contains tables of psychology demand activity from 2019 to 2038 broken down by state and…
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FOI 27-3429 – Review of 10% Sample MBS and PBS Data Decryption
This Protiviti internal audit, dated October 2016 and released under FOI 27-3429, reviews the re-identification of a 10% sample of linkable MBS and PBS patient claims data. The dataset was published on data.gov.au on 1 August 2016, and on 8 September 2016 University of Melbourne…
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FOI 26-3250 – documents relating to stakeholder engagement plans and consultation on NDIS Reforms
The release comprises stakeholder engagement materials for the Securing the NDIS for future generations reforms, prepared by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing in 2026. The documents include a June 2026 roundtable schedule running from late June to 27 July, a May…
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FOI 26-3323 – Documents concerning the development of a proposal for a private hospital national efficient price
The release (FOI 26-3323) covers departmental documents on developing a Private National Efficient Price (PNEP) for private hospital services. It includes a May 2025 information brief to Minister Butler updating on the Private Health CEO Forum and policy implementation, with…
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FOI 27-3548 – NLSP aggregate data
This FOI release (FOI 27-3548) comprises a 47-page spreadsheet titled "NLSP aggregate data", apparently drawn from the National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment system or a similar Auslan interpreter service register. Each row records a financial year (2024/2025 or…
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FOI 26-3302 – Australian Workplace Equality Index submission to ACON
The release (FOI 26-3302) concerns the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's 2026 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Advanced Submission, prepared with Pride in Diversity and ACON. The department's scorecard totals 108 of 120 points, with Gold tier recognition…
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FOI 26-3333 – Documents related to the funding decisions of the Fraud Fusion Taskforce
The release comprises six documents from the Fraud Fusion Taskforce (FFT), a multi-agency body targeting fraud and serious non-compliance in the National Disability Insurance Scheme and other government payment programs. A post-Budget update (May 2026) notes the FFT was extended…
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FOI 26-3064 – Documents related to the AT-HM scheme
The release (FOI 26-3064) comprises the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's Version 1.0 provider guidance (October 2025) for the Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme data collection, which allows providers to request funding for transitioning Home…
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FOI 26-3228 IR – AI Use Case Register
This release is an extract from the Department of Health and Aged Care's AI Use Case Register, provided under FOI 26-3228 IR. It is a spreadsheet-style register listing internal AI use cases with reference numbers, titles, branch and division, contact officers, security…
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FOI 27-3533 – Documents related to NDIS participant reductions
The document is an additional modelling detail paper on proposed NDIS savings and participant reductions, marked "In Confidence and Need to Know" and labelled FOI 27-3535 on its cover but FOI 27-3533 in the header. It sets out projected fiscal savings of $38.1 billion over…
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FOI 27-3532 – Ministerial advice re IAT algorithm
This FOI release is a Department-initiated information brief (MB25-002554, dated 29 October 2025) to Minister Rae, copied to Minister Butler, on the "urgent" issue of assessor override of Support at Home (SaH) classifications under the Single Assessment System. The brief…
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FOI 26-3251 – engagement of Australian Government Consulting on NDIS reforms
This FOI release concerns the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's engagement of Australian Government Consulting (AGC) to support the NDIS Sustainability Taskforce between 3 March and 2 April 2026. The documents comprise internal emails between departmental and AGC…
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FOI 27-3541 – Dispensing medical practitioners
This release, FOI 27-3541 relating to dispensing medical practitioners, consists of a single table titled "Approved Suppliers for Approval Type Code of D", with data recorded as at 30 June 2026. The table has column headings for approval ID, start and end dates, approval type…