FOI 25-0484 LD – Incoming Government Brief 2025

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This incoming government brief to Minister Butler outlines the Department of Health and Aged Care's strategic framework for health, aged care, and NDIS reforms. Key ongoing initiatives include finalising the National Health Reform Agreement, embedding tobacco and vaping reforms, establishing a Centre for Disease Control, and implementing aged care reforms. Five reform pillars are identified: strengthening Medicare affordability, improving access to cheaper medicines through the PBS, attracting and retaining health workforce, delivering mental health system reform, and closing health gaps for First Nations people. The brief emphasizes coordinated implementation across health, aged care, and disability sectors to avoid unintended consequences, highlights fiscal constraints requiring prioritisation, and notes the need to improve system productivity. Specific timelines and decision points are referenced for key activities, though detailed reform content and metrics are not disclosed in this excerpt.