Budget 2016-17: information of relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Current topicFederal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, delivered his first Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 3 May 2016.
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 2016-17
View Australian Government Budget 2016-17 Paper 1, Statement 5: Expenses and net capital investment
View Australian Government Budget 2016-17 Paper 3, Part 2: Payments for specific purposes: Health
View information: Australian Government Budget 2016-17, Health Portfolio Budget statements
View Australian Government Budget 2016-17, Health Portfolio: Outcome 2 – Health access and support services
(Program 2.2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, page 60)
View Australian Government Budget 2016-17, Ministerial statements: Investing in regional growth 2016-17
View Australian Government Budget 2016-17 Budget measure, Department of Human Services: Healthier Medicare – trial of healthcare homes
View Australian Government Budget 2016-17, Department of Social Services Budget statements
(Outcome 3: Disability and carers, page 76)
View Australian Government Budget 2016-17, Department of Social Services: Cashless debit card trial – third site
Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet
More detailed information on various components of Indigenous expenditure is available from the Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet
Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet
View Portfolio Budget statements 2016-17
Statements by part: Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet
(Outcome 2, page 30)
For information about Indigenous health:
The Overview of Australian Indigenous health status provides information about: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations; the context of Indigenous health; various measures of population health status; selected health conditions; and health risk factors.
View overview: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Further information:
- Budget 2016: ‘Silent on the important Indigenous issues’
View news item: The Australian (5 May 2016) - Budget in reply speech 2016
View speech transcript: Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition (5 May 2016) - Federal budget fails to deliver for Indigenous health (to put it politely)
View news item: Croakey (5 May 2016) - Health Budget 2016/17 – Part 2
View news item: Croakey (5 May 2016) - Indigenous groups disappointed in budget with ‘little to offer’
View news item: The Guardian (5 May 2016) - Budget 2016: Consultation, long-term planning critical to Closing the gap
View news item: Reconciliation Australia (4 May 2016) - Budget allocates $10.5 million for FASD
View news item: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (4 May 2016) - Budget snapshot 1: What does the Budget have for health in the bush?
View news item: National Rural Health Alliance (4 May 2016) - Budget snapshot 2: What does this budget mean for health and welfare?
View news item: National Rural Health Alliance (4 May 2016) - Health Budget analysis – Part 1
View news item: Croakey (4 May 2016) - Health funding for aged care, chronic pain and Indigenous diabetes testing in Federal Budget
View news item: ABC Rural (4 May 2016) - IAHA response to national Budget 2016-17
View news item: Indigenous Allied Health Australia (4 May 2016) - ‘Mixed bag’ Budget
View news item: Australian Journal of Pharmacy (4 May 2016) - Smokes and mirror budget fails to heal previous health funding cuts
View media release: VACCHO (4 May 2016) - Better outcomes for First Australians
View media release: Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs (3 May 2016) - Budget puts patient outcomes at centre of health reform
View media release: Sussan Ley, Minister for Health (3 May 2016) - Budget 2016: Indigenous policy, what might we expect, and where might the impact be?
View news item: NACCHO (3 May 2016) - Budget 2016 – What it means for Indigenous people
View news item: SBS (3 May 2016) - Federal Budget 2016: health experts react
View news item: NACCHO (3 May 2016) - Prevention still not a priority in Federal Budget
View media release: Public Health Association of Australia (3 May 2016)