BUILDING A STRONGER, SAFER, HEALTHIER AUSTRALIA

Australia’s wellbeing depends on more than one department. It requires Health, Disability, Ageing, Treasury, and Home Affairs working as one unified system — sharing intelligence, coordinating emergency response, strengthening national resilience, and ensuring every Australian receives safe, fair, high‑quality care.

This integrated model replaces fragmentation with clarity, speed, and sovereign capability.

🟦 WHY INTEGRATION MATTERS

Faster access to essential services
Stronger safeguarding for vulnerable Australians
Real‑time intelligence across portfolios
Sustainable funding and long‑term planning
Unified emergency and biosecurity response
Modern digital systems that reduce duplication
A stable, capable national workforce

Australia becomes healthier, safer, more resilient and more secure.

🟡 OUR COMMITMENT

We are building a modern, coordinated national care and protection system — one that strengthens wellbeing, protects communities, and ensures every Australian can live with dignity, safety and opportunity.

HEALTH, DISABILITY & AGEING

COSTS / Investment Areas

Care workforce expansion
Digital health systems
Integrated aged‑care reform

AI SYSTEM BENEFITS

Predictive care needs
Automated triage
Workforce optimisation

STAFF IMPACT

Decreases:

20% admin duplication

Increases:

40% care workers
25% digital health specialists

PORTFOLIO‑WIDE OUTCOMES

Better care
Stronger workforce
Sustainable systems

OVERALL OUTCOME

A modern, people‑centred care system.

CROSS‑PORTFOLIO INTEGRATION

Health • Disability • Ageing • Treasury • Home Affairs

A unified national system for wellbeing, safety and resilience. Stronger care. Faster access. Smarter coordination. Australia protected — from hospital to home, from crisis to recovery.

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AMEND — Strengthen, Modernise & Correct Existing Systems

A. Health Policy & Performance Division

Key Legislation:

Health Insurance Act 1973
National Health Reform Act 2011
Aged Care Act 1997 (shared relevance)
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA)

Amendments Required:

Amend hospital funding agreements under the National Health Reform Act to prioritise prevention and community‑based care.
Amend Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) rules to expand chronic disease and mental health access.
Amend national performance frameworks to include real‑time digital reporting.
Amend PGPA‑aligned financial controls to reduce administrative burden on providers.

B. Workforce Barriers

Remove outdated qualification barriers that prevent workforce mobility.
Remove unnecessary administrative tasks that reduce frontline care time.
Remove reliance on agency staffing by stabilising permanent workforce pipelines.

C. Outdated Funding Models

Remove fee‑for‑service models that incentivise volume over outcomes.
Remove legacy aged‑care funding structures (ACFI) still embedded in practice.
Remove NDIS pricing rules that distort provider behaviour.

D. Regulatory Inefficiencies

Remove overlapping regulators where functions can be consolidated.
Remove slow manual compliance processes in favour of digital‑first systems.

REMOVE — Eliminate Outdated, Duplicated & Inefficient Systems

A. System Fragmentation

Remove duplicated assessment processes across health, disability and aged care.
Remove parallel regulatory reporting systems (Aged Care Commission, NDIS Commission, Health regulators).
Remove siloed digital systems that prevent data sharing.
B. Workforce Barriers
- Remove outdated qualification barriers that prevent workforce mobility.
- Remove unnecessary administrative tasks that reduce frontline care time.
- Remove reliance on agency staffing by stabilising permanent workforce pipelines.
C. Outdated Funding Models
- Remove fee‑for‑service models that incentivise volume over outcomes.
- Remove legacy aged‑care funding structures (ACFI) still embedded in practice.
- Remove NDIS pricing rules that distort provider behaviour.
D. Regulatory Inefficiencies
- Remove overlapping regulators where functions can be consolidated.
- Remove slow manual compliance processes in favour of digital‑first systems.

REATE — Build New Systems, Pathways & National Capability

A. Integrated Care Pathways

New Legislative Instruments:

National Integrated Care Act (proposed)
Unified Assessment & Access Rules (new legislative instrument)

New Systems to Create:

A unified national care pathway linking hospitals, primary care, disability and aged care.
A single digital health record accessible across all care sectors.
Integrated assessment teams to reduce duplication.

B. Workforce Capability & Training

New Legislative Instruments:

National Care Workforce Standards (new)
Care Workforce Mobility Framework (new)

New Systems to Create:

A national care workforce academy.
Regional workforce hubs.
National standards for digital literacy in the care workforce.

C. Digital Health & Data Systems

New Legislative Instruments:

Digital Health Interoperability Rules (new)
Automated Assessment & Referral Regulations (new)

New Systems to Create:

Modern digital health infrastructure with real‑time data sharing.
Automated assessment and referral tools.
National dashboards for system performance and quality.

D. Public Health & Prevention

New Legislative Instruments:

National Preventive Health Act (proposed)
Chronic Disease Reduction Framework (new)

New Systems to Create:

Community‑based early intervention programs.
National health resilience framework for pandemics and emergencies.

E. Safeguarding & Quality

New Legislative Instruments:

Unified Safeguarding Authority Act (proposed)
National Home‑Care Safety Standards (new)

New Systems to Create:

A unified safeguarding authority for disability and aged care.
National standards for home‑care safety and digital monitoring.
Stronger protections for vulnerable people in all care settings.

WHAT THIS INTEGRATION ACHIEVES