Consultations

Listing of Departmental and Portfolio Agency Consultations

Current consultations

Draft Aged Care Workforce Supplement Guidelines

Consultation opened: 03 May 2013
Consultation closes: 23 May 2013
Responsible Area: Ageing & Workforce Program Branch

The Australian Government is introducing a new Aged Care Workforce Supplement to better support the people who work in aged care. The Aged Care Supplement Guidelines - Consultation Draft has been released to assist stakeholders in understanding the eligibility criteria for the new supplement and to provide an opportunity to provide comments and feedback.

The Dementia and Veterans’ Supplements in Aged Care

Consultation opened: 02 May 2013
Consultation closes: 22 May 2013
Responsible Area: Aged Care Finance and Funding Branch

The Australian Government is introducing new dementia and veterans’ supplements in Home Care Packages, Residential Care and other aged care programs to improve dementia and mental health care. Subject to the passage of the amending legislation, Approved Providers will be able to claim the new supplements with respect to eligible care recipients from 1 July 2013. A consultation paper is being released to assist stakeholders in understanding the eligibility criteria for the supplements in the different aged care settings and to provide an opportunity to provide comments and feedback.

Closed consultations

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan (NATSIHP)

Consultation opened: 28 Sep 2012
Consultation closes: 20 Dec 2012
Responsible Area: OATSIH

The Australian Government is developing a new National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan (the Health Plan) and is holding a series of nation-wide community consultations and conducting an online submissions process to capture different views and ideas. To provide context and guidance for the consultations and submissions process, the Department has developed a Discussion Paper which seeks responses to a range of questions to help shape the development of the Health Plan.

Financing and Coordination of the Global Health Research and Development

Consultation opened: 30 Aug 2012
Consultation closes: 28 Sep 2012
Responsible Area: WHO CEWG National Consultation

The Department of Health and Ageing is inviting public submissions as part of a national consultation process on the Final Report of World Health Organization (WHO)’s Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination.

Human biosecurity

Consultation opened: 07 Aug 2012
Consultation closes: 24 Oct 2012
Responsible Area: Office of Health Protection (OHP)

The Department invites you to comment on the human health provisions of the Biosecurity Bill; new legislation to replace the Quarantine Act 1908.

Review of the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme

Consultation opened: 07 Jun 2012
Consultation closes: 27 Jul 2012
Responsible Area: Office of Health Protection

The Department invites interested parties and individuals to provide written submissions to the Discussion Paper: Review of the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS)–June 2012, which outlines potential options for reforming the regulation of industrial chemicals.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Chronic Disease Fund – Discussion Paper on the Development of Fund Guidelines – September 2011

Consultation opened: 26 Sep 2011
Consultation closes: 24 Oct 2011
Responsible Area: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

The intent of this consultation process is to provide information on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Chronic Disease Fund (ATSICDF) and to seek stakeholder comments and input on Fund priorities and objectives, to assist in the development of Fund Guidelines.

Health Workforce Fund - Discussion Paper on Development of Fund Guidelines - September 2011

Consultation opened: 19 Sep 2011
Consultation closes: 31 Oct 2011
Responsible Area: Health Workforce Division

The intent of this consultation process is to provide information on the Health Workforce Fund (HWF) and to seek stakeholder comments and input to contribute to the development of Fund Guidelines, with a particular focus on the proposed HWF objectives and priorities.

Aged Care Service Improvement and Healthy Ageing Grants Fund

Consultation opened: 26 Aug 2011
Consultation closes: 08 Sep 2011
Responsible Area: Ageing and Aged Care Division

Stakeholders interested in the Aged Care Service Improvement and Healthy Ageing Grants Fund are encouraged to contribute to the development of Fund Guidelines, with a particular focus on the objectives and priority funding areas.

Discussion paper on the Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund guidelines

Consultation opened: 25 Aug 2011
Consultation closes: 12 Sep 2011
Responsible Area: Mental Health and Drug Treatment Division

The department is interested in receiving feedback about the clarity of the Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund objectives and priorities.

Rural Health Outreach Fund

Consultation opened: 23 Aug 2011
Consultation closes: 09 Sep 2011
Responsible Area: Primary and Ambulatory Care Division

The Rural Health Outreach Fund consolidates the activities of five existing programs, and will provide a larger, flexible funding pool for initiatives aimed at improving access to medical specialists, GPs, allied and other health providers in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia.

PCEHR System: Legislation Issues Paper

Consultation opened: 06 Jul 2011
Consultation closes: 11 Aug 2011
Responsible Area: Regulatory Policy and Governance Division (RPGD)

The PCEHR System: Legislation Issues Paper outlines the proposed legislative framework to support the establishment and implementation of a national personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system.

Health and Medical Research Strategic Review

Consultation opened: 11 May 2011
Consultation closes: 18 Jul 2011
Responsible Area: Regulatory Policy and Governance Division (RPGD)

Consultation is underway to finalise the terms of reference for the Strategic Review into Health and Medical Research in Australia.

Have your say on elective surgery and emergency department targets

Consultation opened: 05 May 2011
Consultation closes: 26 May 2011
Responsible Area:

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has agreed to the establishment of an Expert Panel to review the mechanisms through which the elective surgery and emergency department targets and the elective surgery National Access Guarantee under the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services (the NPA) are to be implemented and applied.

Interested parties and individuals are invited to provide written submissions that will help inform the Expert Panel’s first report back to COAG.

Submissions must be received by the Department of Health and Ageing by 12.00pm, 26 May 2011 AEST.

PCEHR Concept of Operations Consultation

Consultation opened: 12 Apr 2011
Consultation closes: 07 Jun 2011
Responsible Area:

The Minister for Health and Ageing is inviting submissions on the Draft Concept of Operations – Relating to the introduction of a PCEHR system.

Public consultation on plain packaging of tobacco products

Consultation opened: 07 Apr 2011
Consultation closes: 06 Jun 2011
Responsible Area: Drug Strategy Branch

Interested parties and individuals are invited to provide written submissions commenting on the exposure draft Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and related Consultation Paper, including the proposed plain packaging design.

These submissions must be received by the Department of Health and Ageing by 5.00pm, 6 June 2011.

Have your say about the proposed Aged Care Complaints Management Framework

Consultation opened: 08 Feb 2011
Consultation closes: 22 Mar 2011
Responsible Area: Aged Care

The Department of Health and Ageing would like to hear from aged care consumers, providers, professional bodies and other stakeholders about proposed reforms to the Aged Care Complaint Scheme’s complaints management framework.

Submissions are now closed

Reviews of existing MBS items

Consultation opened: 01 Jan 2011
Consultation closed: 21 Oct 2012
Responsible Area: Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS)

The Department invites stakeholders and members of the public to nominate MBS subsidised medical services for review under the MBS Quality framework.

Invitation to influence the direction of aged care reform

Consultation opened: 04 Nov 2010
Consultation closes: 31 Jan 2011
Responsible Area: Aged Care

You are invited to have your say in the development of a new ‘front end’ for aged care including the aged component of Home and Community Care. This initiative will assist older Australians, carers, and their families to more easily access information, assessment and links to aged care services.

Past consultations