Health

Position consumers at the centre of the health system.
Empower consumers to proactively drive their treatment, including self-management and remote monitoring, by giving them greater access to technology and information.
Focus on preventing chronic disease and achieving healthier lifestyles.
Better coordinate and improve the quality of care for people with chronic diseases, helping them to navigate through a range of primary health services.
Retain the Medicare system and retain the current case-mix funding model.
Increase the role of our community-rated private insurance to provide more choice, and more affordable and efficient services for policy holders, as well as taking the pressure off the public system.
Retain the private health insurance rebate to consumers who take out insurance.
Increase collaboration, connectivity and interoperability within different parts of the health sector.
Embrace advances in digital health such as expanding low-cost telehealth technologies, encouraging use of public-sector data sets, and automating administrative tasks.
Strengthen the links between the acute system and aged care.
Improve access to primary health care, especially out of hours and in rural and remote areas.
Reduce wasteful spending, inefficiency and duplication.
Address skills shortages, particularly in regional and rural areas.
Unshackle Australia’s health system to enable it to be a powerhouse exporter, particularly in goods and services, devices and diagnostics.

Encourage employers to promote a mentally healthy workplace, starting by reducing stigma and providing access to support and advice for all staff.
Create a culture of disclosure where people feel safe to discuss their mental health.
Design jobs and workplaces that can be more responsive to the reality of living with, or caring for, someone living with a mental illness.
Eradicate workplace bullying.
Businesses can find resources from the ‘Heads Up’ initiative website.
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