Summary of proposal
Party
The Coalition
Portfolio
Health and Aged Care
Policy Topic
Health

The proposal consists of 4 components:

  • Component 1: Increase the number of Medicare-subsidised psychological sessions from 10 to 20.
  • Component 2: Establish an additional 20 Urgent Care Clinics in Burnie, Cairns, Darwin, Hawkesbury, Healesville, Lane Cove, Maitland, Morisset, Reid, Rouse Hill, Sorell, Sturt and 8 unspecified locations.
  • Component 3: Increase the number of headspace Early Psychosis Youth Service clusters from 8 to 20 over a 4-year period. The diagnosis coverage would be extended from psychosis to eating disorders, personality disorders, complex mood disorders and substance abuse.
  • Component 4: Provide the following funding for investments in new or existing headspace centres across the country:
    • $3.1 million for Ararat
    • $3.1 million for Blacktown
    • $6.2 million for Bondi Junction
    • $6.0 million for Cairns
    • $6.2 million for Darwin
    • $6.2 million for Gosford
    • $6.2 million for Indooroopilly
    • $6.2 million for Melton
    • $6.2 million for Newcastle
    • $5.0 million for Parramatta.

Components 1 to 3 would be ongoing while Component 4 is non-ongoing. The proposal would start on 1 July 2025.