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FOI 25-0367 LD
273 pages
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This FOI disclosure contains COVID-19 vaccination data for Australian aged care facilities from August 2022 onwards, tracking third and fourth dose rates by facility using Australian Immunisation Register data. The Department notes significant limitations: data excludes…
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FOI 25-0310 LD MO
31 pages
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The Maggie Beer Foundation wrote to newly appointed Health Minister Mark Butler in July 2022 requesting departmental collaboration on aged care food and nutrition standards. The foundation outlined its work establishing a multi-disciplinary alliance of chefs, scientists, and…
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FOI 25-0191 LD
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FOI 25-0281 LD
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This FOI release contains correspondence from Zoe Daniel MP (Independent Member for Goldstein) to Health Minister Mark Butler dated 22 December 2023, requesting reconsideration of MRI licensing policy for Sandringham Hospital, part of Alfred Health in Victoria. Daniel argues…
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FOI 25-0301 LD
5 pages
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This document contains Q&A guidance prepared for a March 2024 ministerial roundtable on the National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA), specifically addressing a proposed First Nations Schedule. The NHRA is an intergovernmental funding agreement between Commonwealth and…
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FOI 25-0278 LD MO
5 pages
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This FOI release contains correspondence between Minister Butler and Meals on Wheels Queensland and Tasmania leaders regarding the "Future Fit" program. In November 2023, the CEOs of Queensland Meals on Wheels and President of Tasmania Meals on Wheels thanked the Minister for…
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FOI 25-0233 LD
333 pages
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The Medical Research Advisory Committee (MRAC) held a telehealth post-implementation review meeting on 6 March 2024, with 16 members attending from disciplines including gastroenterology, cardiology, general practice, paediatrics, and nursing. The Committee reviewed Consumer…
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FOI 25-0242 LD
18 pages
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This FOI release contains an AskMBS advisory response clarifying Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item requirements for fluoroscopic examinations. The Department of Health and Aged Care clarified that time requirements specified in fluoroscopy items refer solely to the duration…
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FOI 25-0267 LD
23 pages
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This FOI release contains internal Department of Health correspondence from September 2023 regarding a Community and Residential Aged Care (CHSP) meals feasibility study and pilot program development. The emails, primarily between Department of Health official Russell Herald and…
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FOI 25-0148 LD
23 pages
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The Morrison Government pursued onshore mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability through an approach to market soliciting industry proposals and direct discussions with Moderna about establishing an Australian facility. Cabinet messaging documents from August 2021 emphasize that…
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FOI 25-0243 LD
8 pages
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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…
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FOI 25-0249 LD
15 pages
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This document describes the Practitioner Data Library, an internal Department of Health and Aged Care resource used by the Benefits Integrity Division's compliance staff to conduct practitioner reviews under the Practitioner Review Program. The Library provides automated access…
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FOI 25-0288 LD
4 pages
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This FOI disclosure provides aged care program recipient data for centenarians (aged 100+) across Australia from June 2017 to June 2024. Home Care Package (HCP) recipients aged 100+ increased substantially from 232 nationally in 2017 to 1,094 in 2024, with New South Wales and…
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FOI 25-0187 LD
22 pages
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This FOI release contains correspondence regarding the FUTURE FIT program, a software development initiative involving Meals on Wheels services across multiple Australian states (NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria). Meal service providers who contributed unfunded time and…
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FOI 25-0197 LD IR
247 pages
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This internal Department of Health briefing on gender dysphoria treatment in Australian children outlines the government's position that clinical evidence for gender-affirming therapies in minors remains evolving and that service provision is state/territory responsibility. The…
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FOI 25-0202 LD MO
3 pages
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This FOI release contains media inquiries sent to the Department of Health regarding puberty blockers, following the UK's decision to restrict their use. A journalist from News Corp Australia's London office requested the Health Minister's position on four questions: the…
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FOI 25-0125 LD
16 pages
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This FOI release contains an email regarding data management practices at Whitehorse Meals on Wheels, not a health regulatory or clinical document. The email describes the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system used to manage meal delivery operations…
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FOI 25-0194 LD
28 pages
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This FOI release contains email correspondence from the Department of Health and Aged Care's CHSP (Commonwealth Home Support Programme) Selection Team regarding grant program G07393, specifically a "CHSP Emergency and Critical Need 2024-25" forecast opportunity posted on Grant…
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FOI 25-0183 LD
21 pages
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During the 2020 Australian bushfire crisis, Department of Health officials and external nutrition experts discussed the distribution of donated infant formula through Foodbank. Email exchanges from January 2020 show discussions about whether companies could restrict formula…
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FOI 25-0327 LD–2025
88 pages
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This FOI release contains routine departmental correspondence regarding Meals on Wheels Australia (MoWA) coordination. Document 1 is a calendar invitation from Thea Connolly to multiple Meals on Wheels organisations for a Commonwealth forum webinar scheduled for 1 May 2024, with…