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‘While mental health investments in tonight’s Budget will improve access to care, it is disappointing that the Australian Government did not use Budget 2020 as an opportunity to implement mental health reforms proposed by the Productivity Commission,...

Tonight’s Budget announcement of $10 million to establish a national network of system coordinators for younger people in residential aged care has been welcomed by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) and the Young People in...

‘The Australian Government’s lack of strategy or vision for telehealth services in tonight’s Federal Budget is disappointing’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA). ‘While telehealth...

‘Tonight’s Commonwealth Budget makes major commitments in health and aged care, much needed to address the major challenges Australia has confronted during the COVID-19 pandemic - but there are many areas of significant need where more effort is required...

‘The pandemic experience this year is a clear reason for the establishment of an Australian Centre for Disease Control,’ says Alison Verhoeven, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) Chief Executive. ‘We welcome Labor’s announcement today...