This proposal would establish a new agency, the National Preventative Health Commission (the
Commission). The Commission would play a role in preventative and public health policy oversight,
provide advice to the Commonwealth Government, and undertake health promotion, including
through offering grants for health promotion initiatives.

The funding for the Commission would be equal to the sum of funding for the Victorian Health
Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) and the former Australian National Preventive Health Agency.

All funding for the Commission would be indexed by the consumer price index (CPI) with the ratio
between administered and departmental funding to remain constant.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.