Appendix 2
Index to Hansard Transcripts[1]
Page
no.
Wednesday,
10 February 2016
Health
Portfolio
Whole of Portfolio/Corporate Matters. 5
Medicare and aged care payment systems – report in media of
plans to outsource payments and the digitisation of payments............................................................................................ 5
LGBTI Health Alliance – funding of program ceased......................................... 17
AHPRA and the therapeutic guidelines around Lyme disease and
restrictions placed on general practitioners on treating Lyme-like illness........................................................... 18
Health expenditure figures...................................................................................... 21
flexible funds............................................................................................................ 22
redesigning of 24 health programs......................................................................... 27
Medicare rebate changes for pathology tests....................................................... 28
Bulk billing changes................................................................................................. 28
Government responses to Senate inquiries – speech pathology
inquiry......... 37
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s appropriation
share; work on 39 adoption; clients of AIHW..............................................................................................................................
Outcome 3: Access to medical and dental services......................................... 41
Update on dental services – Child Dental Benefits Schedule........................... 41
Medicare Benefits Scheme review taskforce update.......................................... 44
Scoping study of the privatisation of Australian Hearing.................................. 57
Outcome 5: Primary Health Care 58
Cost of closing down the Medicare Locals and update on the
opening of PHNs, and details relating to indigenous services and KPIs for
mental health............................................. 58
Funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
funding.................... 64
Engagement with roll-out of NDIS in relation to mental health
programs....... 65
Mental health streamlining savings....................................................................... 65
Update on the new Mental Health Gateway and the one-stop
phoneline........ 68
Funding for mental health programs...................................................................... 70
Government response to National Mental Health Commission
Report Contributing Lives, Thriving Communities – Review of Mental Health
Programs and Services.................... 73
National Mental Health Planning Framework...................................................... 74
Perinatal mental health, Partners in Recovery and Primary
Health Network (PHN) funding 74
Fifth National Mental Health Plan......................................................................... 75
Mental Health Australia review of mental health programs.............................. 79
National Mental Health Commission annual work plan..................................... 80
National maternity services plan........................................................................... 81
Staff arrangements for breastfeeding.................................................................... 81
Insurance coverage for midwives – including transitional
arrangements....... 81
Outcome 11: Ageing and Aged Care. 87
Aged care subsidies and aged care providers allegedly engaging
in fraudulent claims for subsidies..................................................................................................................................... 87
Improved compliance measures in aged care....................................................... 88
Care delivery services for LGBTI and CALD...................................................... 95
Aged care workforce strategy................................................................................. 96
My Aged Care website and call centres................................................................ 98
Outcome 6: Private Health................................................................................. 102
Web survey for private health insurance........................................................... 102
Private health insurance rebate means testing................................................... 105
Outcome 2: Access to Pharmaceutical Services. 107
Pharmacy co-payment and safety net changes and specifically on
Closing the Gap measure and Panadol Osteo......................................................................................................... 109
Outcome 7: Health
Infrastructure, Regulation, Safety and Quality......... 113
Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV availability in Australia........................... 114
Post-market monitoring of medicine, specifically codeine............................. 115
Medicinal cannabis................................................................................................ 117
NICNAS – communications strategy, reforms affecting assessment
of chemicals for use in cosmetics................................................................................................................. 121
Outcome 1: Population Health........................................................................... 124
Ice taskforce and alcohol and
other drugs funding.................................... 62, 124
Research on ticks and Lyme disease testing diagnostic criteria
in Australia 127
Plain packaging of tobacco................................................................................... 129
National Health and Medical Research Council – NMCFS sufferers............ 132
Thursday,
11 February 2016
Social
Services Portfolio (including Human Services
Cross Outcomes/Corporate Matters/Grant Programs. 5
The Department of Social Services (DSS) grants process.................................... 5
Commitment of funding over forward estimates................................................... 6
Organisations that received grant funding including gap
funding...................... 6
Grant program feedback from individual clients and increased
engagement with the sector 10
Building of Tuggeranong head office.................................................................... 16
Job seeker entitlements for income support for young people......................... 18
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments
Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2015................................................................................................. 19
Outcome 1: Social Security. 26
Actuarial research related to McClure report...................................................... 26
GST reform analysis................................................................................................. 28
Disability support pension and claims in media of it being
unsustainable..... 31
Newstart and youth allowance............................................................................... 33
Income support for people with disability – reassessment of
individuals under 35 years old 35
Support for carers and the projective growth of the number of
carers............ 38
Changes to pension eligibility................................................................................ 41
Family Tax Benefit Part A proposed changes...................................................... 44
Pension allowance reductions and cancellations................................................ 46
Working age payments............................................................................................ 50
Outcome 5: Disability and Carers. 52
Delivery of National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and
negotiating with organisations 52
The transition to roll out of the NDIS............................................................. 58,
66
NDIA guided planning for participants entering the scheme............................. 58
Young people in nursing homes report and the Government
response........... 63
Supported accommodation under the NDIS in regards to best
practice housing models 64
Impact of staff turnover in the NDIA on clients.................................................. 66
Outcome 2: Families and Communities. 70
Australian Institute of Family Studies 70 Australian Institute
of Family Studies (AFIS) work status on adoption................................................................................................................ 71
AIFS Longitudinal study of Medicare in Victoria and AIFS study
into carers 72
Paid parental leave................................................................................................... 76
Additional Syrian refugee intake........................................................................... 78
BasicsCard – cashless card for welfare recipients.............................................. 81
Outcome 4: Housing. 92
National Rental Affordability Scheme – number of dwellings
constructed and ongoing costs 93
Government’s homelessness targets...................................................................... 95
Emergency housing for women and families....................................................... 96
Human Services
Australian Hearing................................................................................................. 98
The scoping study into Australian Hearing.......................................................... 98
Australian Hearing staffing matters..................................................................... 102
Whole of Portfolio/Corporate Matters........................................................... 105
IT Infrastructure and myGov website.................................................................. 105
Co-location of medicare and Centrelink services............................................. 120
Legal services for child support........................................................................... 121
Waiting times for Centrelink call centre............................................................. 122
The ‘dragon’s den’ and ‘hack the future’ innovation projects....................... 130
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Health
Portfolio
Outcome 4: Acute Care....................................................................................................................................... 3
Mersey Hospital
in Tasmania and the status of funding arrangements beyond current 3
North West
Regional Hospital update on future funding..................................... 4
Draft
strategic plan for 2015–16 related to Commonwealth funding of hospitals in
Tasmania 5
Functional
and Efficiency Reviews......................................................................... 7
COAG and
negotiations with states and territories on hospital funding............ 7
Media
reports of ongoing health costs and restoring funding to states for health 7
Role of the
Department of health in advising first ministers on future health budgets 8
Modelling
for health agreement funding indexation.......................................... 11
Work with
PM&C and central agencies on funding of state health budgets... 13
Work of
minister on future health reforms........................................................... 13
MBS-style
hospital benefit policy......................................................................... 13
Discussion
on policy directions for health reform.............................................. 14
Breastfeeding
policy of the department................................................................ 16
Outcome 10: Sport and Recreation..................................................................................................................................... 16
Barry O’Farrell’s review into offshore sports betting........................................ 16
Sporting Schools program update.......................................................................... 17
Banned substances controversy of Essendon players in the
Australia Football League and ASADA’s involvement and subsequent court and
tribunal decisions............. 18
Wednesday, 16
March 2016
Health Portfolio
Food Standards Australia New Zealand. 2
Answers from QONs from Budget Estimates regarding potential
conflict of interest of members of the expert panel on New Plant Breeding
Techniques workshop......................... 2
The findings of the report produced by the New Plant Breeding
Techniques workshop 6
Changes to the application handbook, which reduces data
compliance for particular GM crops 8
Plans for further consultation on the regulation of GM
techniques................... 8
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