The proposal would maintain Australian Public Service (APS) average staffing levels (ASL) at the 2024-25 level from 1 July 2025 onwards. 

The request also sought the forecast APS ASL over the forward estimates and medium term to 2034-35. 

The proposal would address ‘class slip’ (where greater proportions of freight come under higher class categories) under the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES) Domestic Class framework. Assistance thresholds would be adjusted such that 50% of freight falls within Classes 1 and 2 and 50% falls within Classes 3 and 4.

Class slip has been defined as the gradual shift of claims from the lower to the higher classes, with an increasingly high proportion of claims are at the maximum Class 4 amount per claim of $855.

The proposal would commence on 1 February 2026.

The request sought information on how the funding from the following Budget measures has been used since announcement, and how it is planned to be used across the forward estimates:

• Maintaining Support for an Effective Foreign Service, Budget 2024-25
• Maintaining Support for an Effective Foreign Service, Budget 2023-24.

The request also sought as much detail as possible about individual projects under each sub-heading listed in the budget papers, funding, and ASL across each year.

The policy would include two components:

Component 1

1,000 Free Local Healthcare Clinics would be opened across Australia over 4 years (250 clinics per year). Clinics would be built on new sites and offer free primary care, with 6 clinics built per Federal electorate and the remaining distributed in consultation with States and Territories.

The first 250 clinics would come online from 1 July 2026. If clinics cannot be setup by that point,  space would be rented temporarily to accommodate the clinics until construction is finished.

The policy would include two components:

Component 1

1,000 Free Local Healthcare Clinics would be opened across Australia over 4 years (250 clinics per year). Clinics would be built on new sites and offer free primary care, with 6 clinics built per Federal electorate and the remaining distributed in consultation with States and Territories.

The first 250 clinics would come online from 1 July 2026. If clinics cannot be setup by that point,  space would be rented temporarily to accommodate the clinics until construction is finished.

This ongoing proposal has 2 components and would commence from 1 July 2025.

Component 1

Eligibility for BBI to be expanded to all Medicare card holders, rebate rate set to triple rate as per the Budget 2023-24 Strengthening Medicare measure and include the same restrictions as the Strengthening Medicare measure.

This ongoing proposal has 2 components and would commence from 1 July 2025.

Component 1

Eligibility for BBI to be expanded to all Medicare card holders, rebate rate set to triple rate as per the Budget 2023-24 Strengthening Medicare measure and include the same restrictions as the Strengthening Medicare measure.

This ongoing proposal has 2 components and would commence from 1 July 2025.

Component 1

Eligibility for BBI to be expanded to all Medicare card holders, rebate rate set to triple rate as per the Budget 2023-24 Strengthening Medicare measure and include the same restrictions as the Strengthening Medicare measure.

The proposal would provide funding of $100 million per year ongoing ($1 billion over 10 years) for a program to provide grants that address pay parity for trainee GPs. The program would be modelled on the Victorian grant program ‘General practitioners grant program’.

The proposal would not be indexed, with departmental funding included within the capped amount.

The proposal would start from 1 July 2026.

The proposal would provide funding of $100 million per year ongoing ($1 billion over 10 years) for a program to provide grants that address pay parity for trainee GPs. The program would be modelled on the Victorian grant program ‘General practitioners grant program’.

The proposal would not be indexed, with departmental funding included within the capped amount.

The proposal would start from 1 July 2026.