The proposal would create Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for preventative and therapeutic dental services, including regular check-ups and teeth cleans, crowns, orthodontic treatment, oral surgeries, periodontics and prosthodontics.

The MBS would include coverage of all items listed in the 13th edition of the Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary (the handbook).

The MBS benefit for each item would align with the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) (or scaled Veterans Dental Schedule (VDS) schedule rates where CDBS pricing is not available).

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.

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.

This request sought budget analysis on the revenue forgone in relation to the cost of negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount applied to residential properties. 

This analysis was to include the annual tax revenue forgone from negative gearing deductions and the CGT discount for each income decile over the medium term. The requestor asked that tables be presented in percentage form, representing the proportion of revenue forgone associated with each taxable income decile.