Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        Journals of the Senate¸ No. 132, 7 February 2013, pp. 3594–3595.

Chapter 2 - Changes to the funding of public hospitals

[1]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, pp 3, 9.

[2]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 9.

[3]        Commonwealth Government, Budget Paper No 3, 2009–10, p. 30; Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 14.

[4]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, pp 5, 10, 21.

[5]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, pp 5–6.

[6]        New South Wales Government, Submission 53, p. 4.

[7]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, pp 5–6, 10–11.

[8]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 14.

[9]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 15.

[10]      Victorian Government, Submission 54, p. 7.

[11]      Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, 2012–13, p. 1.

[12]      The Hon Wayne Swann, MP, Treasurer, Transcript, MYEFO Press Conference, 22 October 2012.

[13]      Victorian Government, Submission 54, pp 4, 11.

[14]      Victorian Healthcare Association, Submission 20, p. 2.

[15]      Victorian Government, Submission 54, p. 8.

[16]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Submission 25, pp 1–2.

[17]      Ms Gemma Van Halderen, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 39.

[18]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Submission 25, pp 3–4.

[19]      ABS Feature Article, Preliminary rebasing of Australia's population estimates using the 2011 census of population and housing, 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics, December 2011.

[20]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Submission 25, p. 3.

[21]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Submission 25, p. 4; see also Ms Gemma Van Halderen, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 38.

[22]      Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, 2012–13, p. 75.

[23]      Ms Jane Halton, Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 56; see also Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 15.

[24]      Professor Stephen Duckett, Submission 2, Supplementary Submission, p. 1; Dr John Deeble, Submission 26, p.6; see also The Hon. David Davis MLC, Minister for Health, Victoria, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, pp 43, 45.

[25]      Queensland Government, Submission 10, p. 2.

[26]      Queensland Government, Submission 10, p. 2.

[27]      Australian Medical Association (Victoria), Submission 11, p. 1.

[28]      Dr Rohan Hammett, NSW Department of Health, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 15.

[29]      The Hon. David Davis MLC, Minister for Health, Victoria, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 43.

[30]      Victorian Government, Submission 54, pp 2, 8.

[31]      Mr Peter Robinson, Treasury, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 56.

[32]      Victorian Government, Submission 54, pp 7–8; see also New South Wales Government, Submission 53, p. 5.

[33]      Victorian Government, Submission 54, p. 11.

[34]      New South Wales Government, Submission 53, p. 5.

[35]      See Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Submission 52, p. 1 for an explanation of how THPI growth is calculated.

[36]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Submission 52, p. 1.

[37]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Submission 52, p. 2.

[38]      Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, pp 15–16.

[39]      See for example, Mr Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 17.

[40]      Dr John Deeble, Submission 26, pp 7–9; see also Dr John Deeble, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 53.

[41]      Mr Peter Fitzgerald, Department of Health, Victoria, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 46.

[42]      New South Wales Government, Submission 53, p. 6; see also Victorian Healthcare Association, Submission 20, pp 3–4.

[43]      Mr Peter Fitzgerald, Department of Health, Victoria, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 46.

[44]      Victorian Government, Submission 54, p. 10; Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), Submission 5, p. 7; New South Wales Government, Submission 53, p. 6; Mr Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 17.

[45]      Mr Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 19.

[46]      New South Wales Government, Submission 53, p. 6; see also Dr Mary Foley, Department of Health, NSW, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 14.

[47]      Mr Peter Robinson, Treasury, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 57.

[48]      Australian Medical Association, Submission 22, p. 2; see also Australian Medical Association (Victoria), Submission 11, p. 2.

[49]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 21, p. 3.

[50]      Victorian Hospitals' Industrial Association, Submission 19, p. 2.

[51]      Queensland Government, Submission 10, p. 1.

[52]      Queensland Government, Submission 10, p. 1.

[53]      Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, Submission 15, p. 3.

[54]      Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), Submission 5, Attachment, p. 6.

[55]      Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), Submission 5, p. 5.

[56]      Professor Stephen Duckett, Submission2, p. 2; see also Australian Health Care Reform Alliance, Submission 19, p. 2.

[57]      The Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Health, 'Victorian hospital rescue package helps patients', Media Release, 21 February 2013.

[58]      The Hon. David Davis MLC, Minister for Health, Victoria, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 51.

[59]      Ms Kerry Flanagan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 66.

[60]      Ms Kerry Flanagan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 66.

[61]      Ms Kerry Flanagan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 66.

[62]      Mr Trevor Carr, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Healthcare Association, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 30.

[63]      Victorian Hospitals' Industrial Association, Submission 17, p. 2.

[64]      The Hon. Lawrence Springborg MP, Minister for Health, Queensland, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 27.

[65]      Transcript, Casey Hospital – Health Funding, 21 February 2013, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/tr-yr13-tp-tpsp20130221.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2013&mth=02

[66]      Dr Mary Foley, Director-General, Department of Health, New South Wales, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 12.

[67]      Ms Jane Halton, Secretary and Ms Kerry Flanagan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 67.

Chapter 3 - The impact of Commonwealth funding cuts on patient care and services

[1]        Dr Mary Foley, Director General, Department of Health, New South Wales, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 14.

[2]        Mr Andrew McAuliffe, Australian Health and Hospitals Association, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 34; see also Mr Trevor Carr, Victorian Healthcare Association, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 32.

[3]        The Hon. David Davis MLC, Minister for Health, Victoria, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 50.

[4]        Mr Trevor Carr, Victorian Healthcare Association, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 34.

[5]        Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, Submission 15, p. 2.

[6]        Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), Submission 5, p. 4; see also Australian Medical Association (Victoria) Limited, Submission 11, p. 1; Mr Trevor Carr, Victorian Healthcare Association, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 30.

[7]        Catholic Health Australia, Submission 21, p. 3.

[8]        Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), Submission 5, p. 5.

[9]        Victorian Healthcare Association, Submission 20, p. 2.

[10]      The Hon. Lawrence Springborg MP, Minster for Health, Queensland, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 23.

[11]      Central Queensland Rural Division of General Practice Assn. Inc., Submission 6, p. 1.

[12]      Colac Area Health, Submission 12, p. 4.

[13]      Mr Paul Gilbert, Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 6.

[14]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 21, p. 2.

[15]      Mr Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 19.

[16]      Mr Trevor Carr, Victorian Healthcare Association, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 31; Professor Stephen Duckett, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 4; Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health, Submission 7, p. 3.

[17]      The Hon. Lawrence Springborg MP, Minster for Health, Queensland, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 23.

[18]      Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health, Submission 7, p. 3; Rural Doctors Association of NSW Inc., Submission 9, p. 1; Colac Area Health, Submission 12, p. 8; Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 18, p. 1.

[19]      Central Queensland Rural Division of General Practice Assn Inc., Submission 6, p. 2.

[20]      Rural Doctors Association of Queensland, Submission 16, p. 2.

[21]      Dr Ewen McPhee, Submission 1, p. 2; Central Queensland Rural Division of General Practice Assn. Inc., Submission 6, p. 1.

[22]      Mr Paul Gilbert, Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch), Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 8.

[23]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 21, p. 2.

[24]      Health Service Association of NSW, Submission 4, p. 1.

[25]      Palliative Care Australia, Submission 24, p. 3.

[26]      NSW Health, Submission 53, p. 8.

[27]      Hammondcare Health and Hospitals, Submission 23, p. 1.

[28]      Mr Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 18.

[29]      Hammondcare Health and Hospitals, Submission 23, p. 1.

[30]      Palliative Care Australia, Submission 24, p. 4.

[31]      Palliative Care Australia, Submission 24, p. 6.

[32]      NSW Government, Submission 53, p. 11.

[33]      NSW Government, Submission 53, p. 11.

[34]      Department of Health and Ageing and Treasury; Submission 55, p. 22.

Chapter 4 - Conclusions and recommendations

[1]        Department of Health and Ageing and Treasury, Submission 55, pp 15–16.

[2]        Department of Health and Ageing and Treasury, Submission 55, p. 15.

[3]        New South Wales Government, Submission 53, p. 2.

[4]        Australian Medical Association, Submission 22, p. 3.

Labor Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]        Joint Submission – Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 5.

[2]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 18

[3]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 5.

[4]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 3.

[5]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 3.

[6]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 3.

[7]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 3 and p. 11.

[8]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, 3.

[9]        Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, 3.

[10]      Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, Table 3.24: Payments for specific purposes by sector, 2012-13 to 2015-16, p. 77.

[11]      MYEFO, Table 3.23: Total payments for specific purposes by category, 2012-13 to 2015-16, p.74; Final Budget Outcome 2011-12, Payments for specific purposes to support state health services, 2011-12, p. 74.

[12]      MYEFO, Table 3.24: Payments for specific purposes by sector, 2012-13 to 2015-16, p. 77.

[13]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 17.

[14]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 17.

[15]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 15.

[16]      Professor Jane Halton, Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 55.

[17]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 15.

[18]      Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 section 18; Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 15

[19]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 16.

[20]      Mr Paul Francis Gilbert, Assistant Secretary, Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Branch), Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 7.

[21]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 20.

[22]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 14.

[23]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 14.

[24]      Australian Bureau of Statistics Submission, Submission 25, pp. 2-3.

[25]      Australian Bureau of Statistics Submission, Submission 25, p. 3

[26]      Australian Bureau of Statistics Submission, Submission 25, p. 3

[27]      Ms Gemma Van Halderen, First Assistant Statistician, Population, Education and Data Integration Divisions, Population, Labour and Social Statistics Group, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 37.

[28]      Professor Stephen Duckett, private capacity, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 1.

[29]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 15.

[30]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Submission, Submission 2, p. 1.

[31]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 16.

[32]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 16.

[33]      Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 section 18.

[34]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 18; Clause D9 of the IGA.

[35]      Mr Peter Robinson, General Manager, Commonwealth-State Relations Division, Treasury, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 57.

[36]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 18.

[37]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 18.

[38]      National Health Reform Agreement, clause A60.

[39]      Dr Mary Foley, Director-General, New South Wales Department of Health, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 12.

[40]      Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Division) Submission, Submission 5, p. 3.

[41]      Mr Paul Francis Gilbert, Assistant Secretary, Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Branch), Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 11.

[42]      Mr Paul Francis Gilbert, Assistant Secretary, Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Branch), Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 11.

[43]      Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Tanya Plibersek, “Baillieu government failing on hospitals long before funding dispute”, Media Release, 28 February 2013.

[44]      Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Tanya Plibersek, “Victorian hospital rescue package helps patients”, Media Release, Thursday 21 February 2013.

[45]      Victorian Budget Paper No 3 2011-12, Chapter 2, Service Delivery 2011-12, p 112, (a figure of $481.9 million is derived by adding election commitment savings and measures to offset the GST reductions); Victorian Budget Paper No 3 2012-13, Chapter 1, 2012-13 Service Delivery, p. 23 (a figure of $134.1 million is derived by adding total savings).

[46]      Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Division) Submission, Submission 5, p. 3-4.

[47]      Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Division) Submission, Submission 5, p. 4.

[48]      Mr Paul Francis Gilbert, Assistant Secretary, Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Branch), Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 6.

[49]      Professor Stephen Duckett, Private capacity, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 3.

[50]      Professor Stephen Duckett, Private capacity, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 4.

[51]      Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Division) Submission, Submission 5, p. 4.

[52]      Mr Paul Francis Gilbert, Assistant Secretary, Australian Nursing Federal (Victorian Branch), Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 6.

[53]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 14.

[54]      Dr Mary Foley, Director-General, New South Wales Department of Health, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 12.

[55]      [55] Dr Mary Foley, Director-General, New South Wales Department of Health, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 14.

[56]      Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Tanya Plibersek, “Victorian hospital rescue package helps patients”, Media Release, Thursday 21 February 2013.

[57]      Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Tanya Plibersek, “Victorian hospital rescue package helps patients”, Media Release, Thursday 21 February 2013.

[58]      Victorian Budget Paper No 3 2011-12, Chapter 2, Service Delivery 2011-12, p 112, (a figure of $481.9 million is derived by adding election commitment savings and measures to offset the GST reductions); Victorian Budget Paper No 3 2012-13, Chapter 1, 2012-13 Service Delivery, p. 23 (a figure of $134.1 million is derived by adding total savings).

[59]      Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 section 18; Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 18; Clause D9 of the IGA.

[60]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 19.

[61]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, pp. 19-20.

[62]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 20.

[63]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 6.

[64]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 14.

[65]      National Health Reform Agreement, clauses 21-23.

[66]      Professor Jane Halton, Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2013, p. 56.

[67]      Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 18.

[68]      National Health Reform Agreement, clause 8a; Health and Ageing and Treasury Submission, Submission 55, p. 3.

Australian Greens - Additional Comments

[1] Professor Stephen Duckett, Supplementary Submission 2, p. 1.

Appendix 3 - National Health Reform Agreement

[1]        For a description of funding arrangements from 1975 to 2000, see Senate Community Affairs Committee, First Report: Public Hospital Funding and Options for Reform, July 2000, pp 31–37; and Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 9.

[2]        Senate Community Affairs Committee, First Report: Public Hospital Funding and Options for Reform, July 2000, p. 39.

[3]        Council of Australian Governments, Communique, 20 December 2007.

[4]        Council of Australian Governments, Communique, 20 December 2007, Attachment 1.

[5]        Council of Australian Governments, Communique, 26 March 2008.

[6]        Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest: Federal Financial Relations Bill 2009, p. 18.

[7]        Council of Australian Governments, Communique, 26 March 2008; Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 9.

[8]        Australian Government, Budget Paper No 3, 2009–10, p. 30.

[9]        Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 5.

[10]      National Health Reform Agreement, August 2011, p. 4; Department of Health and Ageing and the Treasury, Submission 55, p. 10.

[11]      National Health Reform Agreement, http://www.yourhealth.gov.au/internet/yourhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/nat-health-reform-agreements, (accessed 20 February 2013).

[12]      National Health Reform Agreement, http://www.yourhealth.gov.au/internet/yourhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/nat-health-reform-agreements, (accessed 20 February 2013).

[13]      National Health Reform Agreement, http://www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au/national-health-reform/agreement, (accessed 8 February 2013).

[14]      National Health Reform Public Hospital Funding, http://www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au/national-health-reform/funding-who, (accessed 8 February 2013).

[15]      National Health Reform Public Hospital Funding, http://www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au/national-health-reform/funding-who, (accessed 8 February 2013).

[16]      National Health Reform Public Hospital Funding, http://www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au/national-health-reform/funding-who, (accessed 8 February 2013).

[17]      National Health Reform Public Hospital Funding – Role of the Administrator, http://www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au/national-health-reform/funding-who, (accessed 8 February 2013).

[18]      National Health Reform Public Hospital Funding, http://www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au/national-health-reform/funding-who, (accessed 8 February 2013).

[19]      National Health Reform Public Hospital Funding, NSW Report, September 2012, p. 7.