Budget 2019-20: information of relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Current topicFederal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, delivered his first Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 2 April 2019.
The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Australian Government Budget details:
- View website: Australian Government Budget 2019-20
- View Australian Government Budget 2019-20 Paper 1, Budget strategy and outlook, Statement 5: Expenses and net capital investment:Health
- View Australian Government Budget 2019-20 Paper 2, Budget measures, Part 2: Expense measures: Health, Prime Minister and Cabinet and Social services sections
- View Australian Government Budget 2019-20 Paper 3, Federal financial relations, Part 2: Payments for specific purposes: Health
- View information: Australian Government Budget 2019-20, Portfolio budget statements: Health portfolio
- Department of Health: Outcome 2: Health Access and support services: Program 2.2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Department of Health: Outcome 4: Individual health benefits: Program 4.3: Pharmaceutical benefits
- Department of Health: Outcome 5: Regulation, safety and protection: Program 5.2: Health protection and emergency response: Program 5.3: Immunisation
- Department of Health: Outcome 6: Ageing and aged care: Program 6.2: Aged care services
- Cancer Australia: Outcome 1: Program 1.1: Improved cancer control
- NHMRC: Outcome 1: Program 1.1: Health and medical research
- View Australian Government Budget 2019-20, Budget measure, Department of Human Services
- View Australian Government Budget 2019-20, Department of Social Services, Budget statements
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
More detailed information on various components of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander expenditure is available from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
For information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health:
The Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status provides information about: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations; the context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; various measures of population health status; selected health conditions; and health risk factors.
View Overview: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Further information:
- Budget 2019: a cash splash but what’s in it for Indigenous mob
View news: NITV - 2019 Budget: the verdict part 2: what does it mean for Indigenous Australians
View news: The University of Melbourne - 2019-20 Budget: supporting a better future for Indigenous Australians through investments in education, employment and safer communities
View media release: Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (Minister for Indigenous Affairs) - Budget 2019 boosts aged care and mental health, and modernises Medicare: health experts respond: Little for prevention, Indigenous health and to address disparities
View article: The Conversation - The complete 2019 Australian budget: choose what matters to you – interactive
View news: The Guardian
