Footnotes

Chapter 1

1        Journals of the Senate, No. 29—15 May 2014,  pp 818–819.

[2]        See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs

[3]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011, Bills introduced 13–29 May, 2014, Legislative Instruments received 8 March–30 May 2014, p. 4, 28.

Chapter 2 - Australian National Preventive Health Agency (Abolition) Bill 2014

[1]        National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health, COAG, 2008, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/phd-prevention-np, accessed 26 June 2014.

[2]        National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health, COAG, 2008, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/phd-prevention-np, accessed 26 June 2014.

[3]        The Australian National Preventive Health Agency, http://www.anpha.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/about-us , accessed 27 June 2014.

[4]        Australian National Preventive Health Agency (Abolition) Bill 2014, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[5]        HSU National, Submission 9,  pp 1–3; Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Submission 5,  pp 1–2;  Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Submission 2, pp 1–3; Dr Jackie Street, Submission 15, p. 1.

[6]        Queensland Department of Health, Submission 1, pp 1–2; Social Determinants of Health Alliance, Submission 4, p. 1; Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, Submission 6,  p. 1; Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Submission 10, pp 3–6.

[7]        Public Health Association of Australia and Australian Health Promotion Association, Submission 8, pp 13–15.

[8]        Australian Dental Association Inc., Submission 3, p. 1; Dr Carmello Bonanno, Australian Dental Association, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 15.

[9]        Dieticians Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 1; Ms Annette Byron, Dieticians Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 41.

[10]      P. Dutton (Minister for Health), 'Second Reading Speech: Australian National Preventive Health Agency (Abolition) Bill 2014', House of Representatives, Debates, 15 May 2014, p. 2.

[11]      Budget Paper No. 2, 2014–15, Budget Measures, p. 145; Mr Nathan Smyth, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 49.

[12]      Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Submission 10, p. 1.

[13]      Australian Physiotherapy Association, Submission 11, p. 1.

[14]      Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Submission 13, pp 1–4. See also:  Budget Paper No. 2, 2014–15, Budget Measures, p. 137. The government also proposes the cessation of the National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health with projected savings of $367.9 million over four years.

[15]      Adjunct Professor Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 1.

[16]      Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Submission 2, pp 1–2.

[17]      Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 16, p. 2; National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 17, p. 1; Osteopathy Australia, Submission 14, p. 2.

[18]      Social Determinants of Health Alliance, Submission 4, p. 1.

[19]      Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Submission 10, pp 1–3.

[20]      Ms Michele Herriot, Australian Health Promotion Association, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 1; Mr Michael Thorn, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 26; Jerril Rechter, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 37.

[21]      Mr Adam Stankevicius, Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[22]      Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Submission 10, pp 1–3.

[23]      Ms Jerril Rechter, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 39.

[24]      Ms Jerril Rechter, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 39.

[25]      Department of Health, Submission 1, p. 1; Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Submission 10, p. 10; Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 16, p. 3.

[26]      Adjunct Professor Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 8.

[27]      Ms Jerril Rechter, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Proof Committee Hansard, p. 37.

[28]      Mr Gordon Gregory, National Rural Health Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 16.

[29]      Adjunct Professor Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia,  Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 8.

[30]      Ms Meredythe Crane, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 28.

[31]      Mr Nathan Smyth, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 49.

[32]      Adjunct Professor Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 7; Ms Jerril Rechter, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 40; Ms Penny Shakespeare, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 64.

[33]      Adjunct Professor Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 7.

[34]      Australian Dental Association Inc., Submission 3, p. 1.

[35]      Dr Carmello Bonanno, Australian Dental Association Inc., Proof Committee Hansard, p. 15.

[36]      Dietitians Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 2; Ms Annette Byron, Dietitians Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 41.

[37]      Public Health Association of Australia and Australian Health Promotion Association, Submission 8, p. 14; Adjunct Professor Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 1.

[38]      Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Submission 15, p. 1.

[39]      Adjunct Professor Michael Moore, Public Health Association of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 7.

[40]      Mr Michael Thorn, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 26.

[41]      Ms Liz Callaghan, Social Determinants of Health Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 2 July 2014, p. 8.

[42]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 12, p. 2.

[43]      Mr Andrew Stuart, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 48.

[44]      Mr Nathan Smyth, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 48.

Chapter 3 - Health Workforce Australia (Abolition) Bill 2014

[1]        Senator John Faulkner, Minister for Defence, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 15 June 2009, p. 3101.

[2]        Productivity Commission (PC), Australia’s health workforce, Research report, PC, Canberra, 22 December 2005.

[3]        COAG (2008), National Partnership Agreement on Hospital and Health Workforce Reform, http://www.ahwo.gov.au/documents/coag/national%20partnership%20agreement%20on%20hospital%20and%20health%20workforce%20reform.pdf , accessed 28 June 2014.

[4]        For example: Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists,  Submission 2, p. 1; Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 1, pp 1–2; Exercise and Sports Science Australia, Submission 5, p. 1.

[5]        Australian Council of Pro-Vice-Chancellors and Deans, Submission 12, p. 2.

[6]        Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Submission 13, p. 6; Osteopathy Australia, Submission 14, p. 1.

[7]        Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 18, p. 4.

[8]        Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009 [Provisions], June 2009, p. 10 (Department of Health and Ageing); Australian Council of Pro Vice-Chancellors and Deans of Health Sciences, Submission 12, p. 4; Australian Dental Association Inc., Submission 4, pp 1–2; Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, Submission 6, p. 1; Australian Physiotherapy Association, Submission 15, p. 1; National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 21, p. 2; Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 11, p. 4; Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Submission 17, p. 1 (Simulated Learning Environment (SLE) created at the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs also provides continuing professional education of nursing and medical staff based in remote communities and the Alice Springs Hospital, also funding for SLEs in Greater Green Triangle region of Western Victoria and South-Eastern South Australia).

[9]        Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Submission 2, p. 2.

[10]      Dr Carmello Bonanno, Australian Dental Association, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 15.

[11]      Second Reading Speech, House Hansard, 15 May 2014, p. 4.

[12]      Second Reading Speech, House Hansard, 15 May 2014, pp 4–5.

[13]      Australian Government ‘Part 2: expense measures’, Budget measures: Budget paper no. 2: 2014–15.

[14]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 20, p. 3; Ms Penny Shakespeare, Department of Health,  Proof Committee Hansard, p. 50.

[15]      Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 15 June 2009, p. 3101.

[16]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 20, p. 2.

[17]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 20, p. 3.

[18]      J Mason, Review of Australian Government health workforce programs, Department of Health and Ageing, April 2013, accessed 23 May 2014, p. 329.

[19]      J Mason, Review of Australian Government health workforce programs, Department of Health and Ageing, April 2013, accessed 23 May 2014, p. 25.

[20]      J Mason, Review of Australian Government health workforce programs, Department of Health and Ageing, April 2013, accessed 23 May 2014, p. 330.

[21]      For example: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 18, p. 1, Catholic Health Australia, Submission 3, p. 1; University of Sydney, Submission 19, p. 2: See comments in Submission 12, p. 4 for a discussion on HWA's "Clinical Placement Survey" as an example of the sole source of data on student load and clinical placement activities. HWA's "Clinical Training Profiles" provide a national snapshot of student numbers, education pathways, and characteristics of clinical training and supervision requirements for clinical placements of a range of health professions.

[22]      University of Sydney, Submission 19, p. 2.

[23]      Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA), Submission 5, p. 1; Also see: Australian Council of PVCs and Deans of Health Sciences, Submission 12, p. 4.

[24]      Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA), Submission 5, pp 2–3; Submission 21, p. 2.

[25]      National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 21, p. 1; Mr Gordon Gregory, National Rural Health Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 16.

[26]      Health Services Union, Submission 9, pp 4–5.

[27]      National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 21, p. 2.

[28]      National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 21, p. 2.

[29]      Health Services Union, Submission 9, pp 4–5.

[30]      National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 21, p. 2.

[31]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 3, p. 1.

[32]      Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Submission 17, p. 2.

[33]      Submission 17, pp 1–2.

[34]      For example: Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Submission 2, p 2; Australian Medical Students' Association, submission 10, pp 2–3; Australian Medical Association, submission 16, pp 2–3.

[35]      Australian Medical Association, Submission 16, pp 1–2.

[36]      Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 18, p. 2.

[37]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 7, p. 1.

[38]      Osteopathy Australia, Submission 14, p. 3.

[39]      Osteopathy Australia, Submission 14, p. 3.

[40]      Professor Ian Wronski, Universities Australia Health Professions Education Standing Group, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 23.

[41]      Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, Submission 6, p. 2.          

[42]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 1, p. 1.

[43]      Mr Andrew Stuart, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 54.

[44]      Ms Penny Shakespeare, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, pp 53–54.

[45]      Dr James Churchill, Australian Medical Association, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 13.

[46]      For example: Occupation Therapy Australia, Submission 11, p. 5; Submission 19, p. 3; Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Submission 2, p. 2.

[47]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 7, p. 1.

[48]      Occupational Therapy Australia, Submission 11, p. 4.

[49]      Dr Carmello Bonanno, Australian Dental Association, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 18.

[50]      Submission 3, p. 1.

[51]      For example: Mr Allan Groth, Universities Australia Health Professions Education Standing Group, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 22; Mr Mark Farthing, HSU National, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 32.

[52]      Professor Brendan Crotty, Universities Australia Health Professions Education Standing Group, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 22.

[53]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 20, p. 3.

[54]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 20, p. 3.

[55]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 20, p. 4.

[56]      Ms Penny Shakespeare, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 52.

[57]      Ms Penny Shakespeare, Department of Health, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 55.

[58]      Australian Government Department of Health, Submission 20, p. 4.

Australian Labor Party Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]        Proof Committee Hansard, p. 44.

[2]        Submission 1, pp 1–2.

[3]        Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia's health 2014, Australian health series no. 14. Cat. No. AUS 178. Canberra,  p. 76

[4]        Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia's health 2014, Australian health series no. 14. Cat. No. AUS 178. Canberra.

[5]        Submission 16, p. 1

[6]        Submission 8, p. 7.

[7]        Submission 17, p. 2.

[8]        Bills Digest No. 77, Health Workforce Australia (Abolition) Bill 2014, 2 June 2014, p. 2.       

[9]        The Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, Second Reading Speech, House Hansard, 13 May 2009, p. 3615.

[10]      Bills Digest No. 77, Health Workforce Australia (Abolition) Bill 2014, 2 June 2014, p. 2.

[11]      Submission 16, pp 1–2.

[12]      Submission 2, p 2

[13]      Submission 22, pp 1–7.

[14]      Submission 10, pp 1–3.

[15]      Submission 18, p. 3.