FOI 25-0243 LD – Correspondence Between Department Deputy Secretary And Minister

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This FOI release consists of brief email correspondence from June 30, 2022, between Department of Health officials regarding an urgent brief on the viability of Meals on Wheels (MoW) following the abolition of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP). The emails, marked official and high importance, were exchanged between the Deputy Secretary's office and Minister Wells, with copies to multiple senior officials including Minister Butler and Assistant Minister Kearney. The substantive content of the urgent brief itself is not included in the disclosed excerpt—only the transmittal emails confirming circulation of a draft version for ministerial consideration. No clinical data, regulatory assessments, or specific policy recommendations are visible in the released material.