Budget 2018-19: information of relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Current topicFederal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, delivered his third Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 8 May 2018.
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 2018-19
- View Australian Government Budget 2018-19 Paper 1, Budget strategy and outlook, Statement 6: Expenses and net capital investment
- View Australian Government Budget 2018-19 Paper 3, Federal financial relations, Part 2: Payments for specific purposes: Health
- View information: Australian Government Budget 2018-19, Portfolio budget statements: Health portfolio
- Outcome 2 – Health access and support services (Program 2.2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health)
- Outcome 4 – Individual health benefits (Program 4.2, Hearing services, Program 4.3 Pharmaceutical Benefits)
- View Australian Government Budget 2018-19 Budget measure, Department of Human Services, Health and Aged Care
- View Australian Government Budget 2018-19, Department of Social Services Budget statements
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
More detailed information on various components of Indigenous 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:
- Guaranteeing essential services – record investment in health
View media release: Ken Wyatt (9 May 2018) - NACCHO communique
View communique: NACCHO - Federal Budget 2018/19 – public relations trumps policy
View news: Croakey (9 May 2018) - A great BIG wrap of #HealthBudget18 reaction – the good, the bad and the absent
View news: Croakey (9 May 2018) - Safe and steady health budget but bigger reforms are still to come
View news item: AMA (9 May 2018)
