| 803 | Carer-Inclusive Workplace Initiative | To support carers by funding the following measures to assist organisations to develop and adopt practices that encourage and support employees with caring responsibilities:(a) an online self-assessment tool allowing organisations to assess their level of carer-inclusivity, and either identify areas for improvement or self-identify as a carer-friendly workplace;(b) a website containing information and resources for organisations and carers, including learning modules.This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:(a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or(b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities, particularly Articles 1, 3, 4 and 7. |
| 804 | Drs4Drs Program | To fund the delivery of mental health telehealth consultation services for doctors and medical students.This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:(a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or(b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12. |
| 805 | Strengthening Medicare—Targeted Interventions to Ensure 9 in 10 General Practice Non-Referred Attendances are Bulk Billed by 2030 | To provide funding to the Primary Health Network in the Central Coast, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter region to:(a) commission the establishment and maintenance of up to 6 fully bulk billing general practice clinics; and(b) increase bulk billing rates in regions with historically low bulk billing rates; and(c) evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of those clinics in those regions to support extending the program to other regions.This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:(a) for the provision of medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or(b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12. |
| 806 | Thriving Kids | To provide early intervention and improve outcomes for children (targeted children) with developmental delay or neurodevelopmental differences, including autism, and to provide supports for their families, kin, carers, teachers and other professionals, by:(a) providing information, advice and assistance to find resources or services, to support the development of targeted children; and(b) providing national telephone services and online platforms and resources to provide access to the information, advice and assistance referred to in paragraph (a); and(c) providing an online peer support program for targeted children; and(d) providing an evidence-based tool to guide the conduct of, and response to, annual health assessments by general practitioners of targeted children, or children suspected to be targeted children; and(e) providing a digital application for children’s health and neurodevelopmental information; and(f) funding the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to establish and maintain a national coordination office to:(i) oversee the national delivery of training and resources to teachers and other school staff to support the mental health of children; and(ii) implement tailored approaches to the delivery of training and resources to regional, rural and remote schools; and(g) providing workforce capability building initiatives, training, resources, supports or micro-credentials in relation to the following:(i) embedding evidence-informed best practices appropriate for children’s developmental needs;(ii) identifying and supporting targeted children, or children suspected to be targeted children, including implementing reasonable adjustments;(iii) referrals to services and supports;(iv) providing culturally safe and responsive services for the benefit of First Nations targeted children and their families, kin and carers; and(h) undertaking activities to retain or expand the capacity of the First Nations workforce, including activities to enhance the operational capacity of Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations; and(i) developing resources to support primary health care professionals identify and respond to children with neurodevelopmental differences, including autism.This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:(a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or(b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following:(i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12;(ii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4, 18, 23, 24 and 27;(iii) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4, 7 and 24. |