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.