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Released
FOI 25-0211 LD
22 pages
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This FOI release contains correspondence regarding the Future Fit study, a transformation program involving Meals on Wheels services across multiple Australian states. Convenors from NSW and Queensland Meals on Wheels services wrote to Minister Wells in February 2024 expressing…
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HLTH
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FOI 25-0391 LD
110 pages
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This disclosure concerns the Infant Nutrition Council (INC) and its signatory members under the MAIF (Manufacturers of Infant Formula) Agreement. The Department of Health's Preventive Health & Food Branch requested updated contact information for 17 infant nutrition…
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FOI 25-0195 LD MO
11 pages
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The Victorian Refugee Health Network wrote to Health Minister Mark Butler and other government officials in August 2024 requesting urgent establishment of health triage and settlement coordination services for recently arrived Palestinians fleeing the Gaza humanitarian crisis.…
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HLTH
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FOI 25-0167 LD
46 pages
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This FOI disclosure comprises internal Department of Health and Aged Care email exchanges from August 2021 regarding GST treatment of home care arrangements, specifically addressing whether taxi voucher provisions constitute subcontracting arrangements. The Australian Taxation…
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HLTH
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FOI 25-0176 LD
49 pages
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This FOI release consists of email correspondence from May 2023 between Department of Health and Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority officials regarding aged care funding and state payroll tax obligations. The exchange discusses the Commonwealth's policy position…
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Released
FOI 25-0255 LD MO
11 pages
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This document outlines the Australian Government's tobacco and vaping control strategy through 2027-28, detailing $454.7 million in budgeted expenditure across six initiatives. Key programs include smoking and vaping cessation activities ($29.5 million), tobacco control reforms…
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FOI 25-0251 LD
12 pages
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This FOI release contains Department of Health and Aged Care recruitment data for 2024, showing APS Jobs vacancies, application volumes, and hiring outcomes by employment type. The disclosure lists 30+ archived position requisitions across multiple classification levels (APS5-6…
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HLTH
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Released
FOI 25-0114 LD MO
97 pages
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This FOI release contains correspondence regarding Minister Anika Wells' attendance at the 2024 Charles Brownlow Medal ceremony held on 23 September 2024 at Crown Palladium, Melbourne. The documents include an email from AFL Government and Stakeholder Relations staff to the…
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HLTH
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FOI 2181
145 pages
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ATAGI's COVID-19 Vaccine Utilisation and Prioritisation Sub Group held meetings in September 2020 to develop preliminary vaccination priority guidance. The first meeting (15 September) focused on finalising ATAGI's COVID Vaccine Preliminary Advice document and prioritisation…
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Released
FOI 25-0091 LD IR
25 pages
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The Play Our Way program is a grant opportunity administered by the Department of Health and Aged Care designed to increase sports and physical activity participation among women and girls. The program provides funding through two streams: Stream 1 supports construction or…
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FOI 25-0135 LD
17 pages
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The release contains calendar invitations from Minister Butler's diary showing two meetings related to alcohol policy in November 2023. The first is a confidential briefing scheduled for 10 November 2023 with Department of Health staff to review key findings from an Alcohol…
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FOI 25-0152 LD
2 pages
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Minister Butler's office correspondence from October 2024 discusses an urgent request for a briefing on the Illawarra Women's Health Centre following media reports of bullying allegations from whistleblowers. Alison Byrnes MP requested that the Department of Health provide…
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HLTH
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FOI 25-0145 LD
696 pages
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Istodax (romidepsin) 10mg powder for injection is a TGA-registered medicine (ARTG entry 198854) sponsored by Celgene Pty Ltd since 7 August 2013. The product comprises a composite pack of lyophilised powder for intravenous infusion with reconstitution solvent. It is indicated…
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Released
FOI 25-0205 LD
57 pages
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This FOI release contains the Department of Health and Aged Care's aged care style guide (Version 3, December 2022), a branding and visual communications document rather than substantive health policy or clinical material. The guide specifies branding requirements for…
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HLTH
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Released
FOI 25-0109 LD
22 pages
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This FOI release concerning the Future Fit Program or Meals on Wheels contains no substantive content. The entire document consists of redactions citing exemptions under sections 47F and 47G(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982, which protect material obtained in…
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FOI 25-0158 LD
318 pages
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The Department of Health released email correspondence between Infant Nutrition Council Chief Executive Jonathan Chew and department officials regarding an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) draft determination on reauthorisation of the MAIF (Mandatory Infant…
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FOI 25-0162 LD
22 pages
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This FOI release comprises correspondence between Griffith University researchers and Department of Health officials regarding myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID research developments. The emails document discussions about Best Practice…
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HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 5282–2025
54 pages
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Lite n' Easy, a major meal delivery provider serving over 15,000 older Australians annually through Commonwealth Home Support Programme and Home Care Package schemes, submitted recommendations to the Albanese Government's In-Home Aged Care discussion paper in November 2022. The…
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HLTH
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Released
FOI 25-0078 LD
62 pages
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This FOI release contains Minister Butler's diary entries for October 2024, showing his schedule across multiple days including appointments in Canberra and Adelaide. The diary includes various meetings, media appearances, and travel arrangements, with significant portions…
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HLTH
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FOI 25-0134 LD
11 pages
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This FOI release contains Minister Wells' diary pages from February 2024, showing calendar views and time slots across Australian cities (Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra). The documents include partial entries for 13, 21, and 26 February, with minimal substantive information…