-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2621
6 pages
PDF
A ministerial submission from August 2025 sought approval for Tranche 3 of the Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCC) program, requesting $366.4 million GST-exclusive funding over three financial years (2025-26 to 2027-28) to establish and operate new UCCs through Primary Health…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2544
17 pages
PDF
This performance report covers Hummingbird House, a palliative care facility operated by Wesley Mission Queensland under interim Queensland Health funding of $900,000 for 2024-25. From March 2024 to February 2025, the facility provided scheduled and emergency respite care…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2539
8 pages
PDF
This FOI release is a June 2025 meeting brief to Minister Rae ahead of a 13 June Teams meeting with the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN), represented by CEO Craig Gear and Strategic Engagement Manager Diana Vizard. The brief covers OPAN's reluctant support for the…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI26-2597–2026
2 pages
PDF
This FOI release provides workforce statistics on regulated health practitioners born in Africa working in Australia from 2021 to 2024, tracked across allied health, medical practitioners, and nurses/midwives. The data shows steady growth across all categories: African-born…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2617–2026
18 pages
PDF
The Department of Health and Aged Care released guidelines and partial application data for the Medical Treatment Overseas Program (MTOP), which provides financial assistance to Australian citizens and Medicare-eligible residents with life-threatening conditions requiring…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2595
4 pages
PDF
This FOI release comprises four CRM-generated filter summaries from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, dated 9 February 2026, relating to animal testing submissions under the Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme administered by AICIS. The documents are tracking…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2618–2026
17 pages
PDF
This factsheet outlines Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth service changes effective 1 November 2025 for non-referred medical practitioner consultations via video and phone. Key changes include expanded patient access through MyMedicare registration, removing the…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2428–2026
36 pages
PDF
The release comprises a funding schedule under the Primary Health Networks Urgent Care Clinics Program, a Standard Funding Agreement between the Department of Health and Aged Care and HNECC Ltd, the organisation engaged to deliver Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) through a…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2538
9 pages
PDF
This FOI release comprises an internal email and a Ministerial meeting brief (MB25-000898) prepared by the Department for Minister Rae's meeting with COTA Australia's CEO, Patricia Sparrow, on 6 June 2025 at her electorate office in Melton, Victoria. The brief covers the…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2501–2026
19 pages
PDF
This release contains the Terms of Reference for the NDIS Reform Advisory Committee (NDIS RAC), formerly the NDIS Implementation Advisory Committee, which advises the Disability Reform Ministerial Council on implementing reforms from the NDIS Review and the Disability Royal…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2314
82 pages
PDF
This release comprises a Department of Health, Disability and Ageing request for quote (RFQ Reference Health/PH25/8974, released 7 August 2025) under the Government Communications Campaign Panel Deed of Standing Offer, with a draft contract and statement of work. The Department…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2447 IR–2026
17 pages
PDF
This FOI release comprises agenda and papers for the 12 November 2025 meeting (No. 15) of the Aged Care Transition Taskforce, chaired by Anne Burgess, covering post-implementation check-in, implementation and workforce, monitoring, and wrap-up. Papers report that Department…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2506
22 pages
PDF
This FOI release (FOI 26-2506) contains background briefings, a media release draft, a final ministerial media release, talking points, and an internal brief concerning the NDIS support needs assessment tool. The NDIA has procured a licence for the Instrument for Classification…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2540–2026
8 pages
PDF
This FOI release comprises a June 2025 meeting brief (MB25-000897) prepared for Minister Rae ahead of a 6 June 2025 meeting with Ageing Australia, the national aged care provider association, led by CEO Tom Symondson and General Manager Roald Versteeg. The brief covers the…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2527–2026
1 page
PDF
This FOI disclosure released by the Department of Health and Aged Care on 6 February 2026 provides a list of 16 Freedom of Information requests received from an anonymous ProtonMail email address between 1 August and 31 October 2025. The document consists solely of FOI reference…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2456
2 pages
PDF
This release is a two-page internal policy document, Corporate Business Rule 14: Security Policy, from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. It sets out that all staff must comply with the department's Security Policy, which provides guiding principles for safeguards…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2524
12 pages
PDF
The release, FOI 26-2524, contains the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's Gifts and Benefits Policy, a 12-page internal document setting out how employees should handle offers of gifts, hospitality and sponsored travel. It covers employee and approver…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2523
7 pages
PDF
The released document is a Finance Business Rule (FBR R2.3) on hospitality, approved on 5 September 2022, which the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing applies alongside Accountable Authority Instruction 2.3. It sets out the difference between official hospitality…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
FOI 26-2473–2026
79 pages
PDF
This FOI release comprises minutes, outcomes records and draft correspondence from the National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Advisory Group, which advised the Health Minister between 2021 and 2023. Meetings covered funding transparency, the Strategic Action Plan…
-
HLTH
Health
Released
26-2504
23 pages
PDF
This FOI release (FOI 26-2504) comprises ministerial and departmental briefing material on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), including key messages and fact sheets for the Minister and Parliamentary Secretary. Topics include negotiations with states and…