Media releases

Commonwealth Budget 2017: two steps forward, one step back for Aboriginal health

Posted by VACCHO Policy Team on 11 May 2017

Tags: Australia, National Budget, Turnbull Government, Close the Gap Targets, Indigenous Advancement Strategy in 2014, intergenerational trauma, Strengthening Preventive Care, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan, standard GP and specialist consultations, indexation of GP rebates, Medicare rebates, Commonwealth investments in Medicare rebates, self-determination, Aboriginal Victorians, Victorian Government, NDIS , National Disability Insurance Scheme, disability support services, Jill Gallagher, Aboriginal specific wellbeing, NDIS, social, emotional and mental health and alcohol and drug workforces, social, emotional and mental health, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Aboriginal health, health and wellbeing, ACCHOs, ACCO, health outcomes, VACCHO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

“VACCHO welcomes Commonwealth investments in Medicare rebates, mental health and the NDIS, but the lack of targeted investment in Aboriginal health is disappointing.

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Positive action must match positive rhetoric to “Close the Gap” for Aboriginal People

Posted by Policy Unit on 16 February 2017

Tags: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Aboriginal health, health and wellbeing, Close the Gap, CTG, Aboriginal workforce, ACCHOs, ACCO, Malcom Turnbull, Turnbull, Commonwealth Government, health outcomes, equity

VACCHO calls on Prime Minister Turnbull to invest in action that will accelerate progress in meeting all health equity targets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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Smokes and mirror budget fails to heal previous health funding cuts

Posted by Policy Unit on 4 May 2016

Tags: health and education, Prime Minister Turnbull, dental scheme, hospital investments, increased tobacco tax revenue, Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry, vulnerable community members, Budget Portfolio Statement, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023, Close the Gap Campaign, slashing of health funding, Indigenous Advancement Strategy, IAS, Medicare rebates, Aboriginal Primary Health funding, hidden cuts, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan, lack of funding, Federal Budget, 2016, deficiencies, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Aboriginal health, health and wellbeing, Close the Gap, CTG, Aboriginal workforce, Aboriginal kids, Budget, Jill Gallagher, ACCHOs, ACCO, new funding

From VACCHO’s perspective there are two related deficiencies in this year’s Federal Budget.

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Aboriginal health: people before percentages

Posted by Policy Unit on 11 February 2016

Tags: Prime Minister , Treaty, Bill Shorten, 495 years, life expectancy, 10 year anniversary, Turnbull government, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Jill Gallagher, health outcomes, health and wellbeing, CTG, Close the Gap, Aboriginal health, ACCHO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Control, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Jill Gallagher AO calls for renewed efforts to end inequality in Aboriginal health amidst the 10 year anniversary of Closing The Gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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Diagnostic service cuts reduces access by Aboriginal people. The assault continues on the Australia’s Universal Health Care System.

Posted by Policy Unit on 17 December 2015

Tags: pathology , AMA , co-payments for GP, incentive payment for bulk billing , Medicare bulk billing incentives, slashing of $2.1 billion, reduces access by Aboriginal people, Universal Health Care System, Diagnostic service cuts, MYEFO, Turnbull government, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Jill Gallagher, health outcomes, health and wellbeing, CTG, Close the Gap, Aboriginal health, ACCHO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Control, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

VACCHO is disappointed by the Turnbull Government’s slashing of $2.1 billion from the health system, including cutting Medicare bulk billing incentives for diagnostic and pathology services, announced in the Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO).

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VACCHO welcomes clear direction for the future of Aboriginal health

Posted by Policy Unit on 22 October 2015

Tags: clear direction, Turnbull government, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-23, Implementation Plan, Jill Gallagher, health outcomes, health and wellbeing, CTG, Close the Gap, Aboriginal health, ACCHO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Control, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) welcomes the release of the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-23 by the Turnbull government today and congratulates all involved.

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Media releases

Commonwealth Budget 2017: two steps forward, one step back for Aboriginal health

Positive action must match positive rhetoric to “Close the Gap” for Aboriginal People

Smokes and mirror budget fails to heal previous health funding cuts

Aboriginal health: people before percentages

Diagnostic service cuts reduces access by Aboriginal people. The assault continues on the Australia’s Universal Health Care System.

VACCHO welcomes clear direction for the future of Aboriginal health