Health Budget 2006-2007

Budget 2006-2007 Health Measures

This page provides access to the Health Budget for the Department of Health and Ageing for the financial year 2006-2007 and the associated media releases and supporting fact sheets.

Budget at a Glance 2006-2007 | Overview | Funding Research for Future Health | COAG Mental Health | Developing the Health Workforce to Meet Community Needs | Continuing the Fight against Drugs and Alcohol | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health | Promoting Health throughout Life | Improving Access to Medical Treatments | Greater Choice in Private Health | Improving National Health Systems

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The Hon Tony Abbott MHR
Minister for Health and Ageing

The Hon Christopher Pyne MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing

Budget at a Glance 2006-2007

Overview - $4.2 Billion Health and Ageing Budget Tackles the Big Issues

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Funding Research for Future Health

Health and Medical Research - Additional funding
Health and Medical Research - Establishment of a Research Fellowship Scheme
National Adult Stem Cell Research Centre
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research - Additional funding
Medical Research Facilities - Grants for Development and Expansion

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COAG Mental Health

COAG Mental Health - New Early Intervention Services for Parents, Children and Young People
COAG Mental Health - New Funding for Mental Health Nurses
COAG Mental Health - Improving the Capacity of Workers in Indigenous Communities
COAG Mental Health - Support for Day-to-day Living in the Community
COAG Mental Health - Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Scheme
COAG Mental Health - Funding for Telephone Counselling, Self Help and Web-based Support Programmes
Lifeline - Assistance for National Telephony System
COAG Mental Health - Alerting the Community to Links between Illicit Drugs and Mental Illness
COAG Mental Health - Improved Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems and Mental Illness
COAG Mental Health - Increased Funding for the Mental Health Council of Australia
COAG Mental Health - Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas
COAG Mental Health - Additional Education Places, Scholarships and Clinical Training in Mental Health
COAG Mental Health - Mental Health in Tertiary Curricula
COAG Mental Health - Expanding Suicide Prevention Programmes

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Developing the Health Workforce to Meet Community Needs

COAG Health Workforce - More Doctors and Nurses for the Health System
COAG Health Services - Aligning Services in Rural and Remote Areas
COAG Health Services - Improving Access to Primary Care Services in Rural and Remote Areas

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Continuing the Fight against Drugs and Alcohol

Illicit Drug Use - Combating Emerging Trends
COAG Mental Health - Improved Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems and Mental Illness
Counsellors on University Campuses - Establishment
COAG Mental Health - Alerting the Community to Links between Illicit Drugs and Mental Illness
COAG Mental Health - Improving the Capacity of Workers in Indigenous Communities
National Cannabis Control and Prevention Centre - Establishment
National Safe Use of Alcohol Strategy - Media Campaign
DrinkWise Australia
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services - Infrastructure Grants for Non-Government Organisation

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Strengthening Indigenous Communities - Reducing Substance Abuse (Petrol Sniffing)
COAG Mental Health - Improving the Capacity of Workers in Indigenous Communities
Strengthening Indigenous Communities - Improving Indigenous Access to Health Care Services
Strengthening Indigenous Communities - Improving Indigenous Health Worker Employment
Strengthening Indigenous Communities - Additional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Places

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Promoting Health throughout Life

COAG Health Services - Promoting Good Health, Prevention and Early Intervention
Pregnancy Support Counselling - National Telephone Helpline
Pregnancy Support Counselling - New Medicare Item
Optical Health - Support
COAG Health Services - Improving Care for Older Patients in Public Hospitals
Lifescripts - Increased funding
National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre - Continue funding
Better Arthritis and Osteoporosis Care - Continue funding
National Continence Management Strategy - Continue funding
Palliative Care in the Community - Continue funding
Cervical Screening Incentives for General Practitioners - Continue funding
Support for Human Pituitary Hormone Recipients - Increased funding

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Improving Access to Medical Treatments

Better Access to Radiation Oncology - Continue funding
Minor New Listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Medicare Benefits Schedule - New and Revised Listings
More Doctors for Outer Metropolitan Areas - Continue funding
Medicare Item for General Practitioner Participation in Home Medicine Reviews - Continue funding
Visudyne Therapy (Verteporfin) - Continue funding
Medicare - Continuation of Bulk-billing Incentives for GPs in Areas of Workforce Shortage and Lower than Average Bulk-billing Rates

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Greater Choice in Private Health

Private Health Insurance - Improvements to Products
Private Health Insurance - Enhanced Choices
Private Health Insurance - Appropriate Regulation

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Improving National Health Systems

COAG Health Services - National Health Call Centre Network
COAG Health Services - Establishing the Foundations for a National Electronic Health Records System
Organ Donation - Increased funding
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register - Redevelopment Scoping Study
Streamlining Food Regulation Processes
Strengthened Therapeutic Policy Capacity
Hospital Safety - Continue funding