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Ahead of Federal Budget, what have been the key asks for our health?

Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Federal Budget 2024-25, Federal election 2025, Federal Budget 2025-2026, Health reform

The Federal Budget will be delivered in the shadow of global turmoil, and ahead of President Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” on 2 April, when the United States is expected to announce more details of its tariff plans.

While commentators are not expecting any big surprises from the Budget, its detail and surrounding commentary, including the Opposition Leader’s budget reply speech (described in one newspaper headline as ‘Dutton’s last shot at redemption’), provide important context for the upcoming election.

Regardless of what the Government, Opposition and other political parties do and say, the budget time of year remains an important opportunity for advocacy for health, and for listening to a range of stakeholder about their priorities.

Our coverage of pre-budget submissions follows below. Tonight the Budget papers will be available from about 7.30pm AEDT.

Bookmark this link to follow our coverage of the budget and associated commentary.

Pre-budget submissions covered at Croakey

Advanced Pharmacy Australia

Allied Health Professions Australia

Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (and also here)

Australian Association of Psychologists Inc

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Evaluation

Asthma Australia

Australian College of Midwives

Australian College of Nursing (and also here)

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Australian Health Promotion Association

Australian Psychological Society

Catholic Health Australia

Climate and Health Alliance

Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives

Consumers Health Forum of Australia

CRANAplus

Dementia Australia

Dietitians Australia

Jesuit Social Services

Lung Foundation Australia

Mental Health Australia

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

National Oral Health Alliance

National Rural Health Alliance

National Seniors Association

Occupational Therapy Australia

People with Disability Australia

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

Planetary Health Equity Hothouse

Private Healthcare Australia

Public Health Association of Australia

Remote Food Security Research Collaborative

Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

SNAICC-National Voice for our Children

Stroke Foundation

Suicide Prevention Australia

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations

Other budget submissions

(And please let us know of others to add to this list.)

Australian Medical Association

Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee report

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO)

The George Institute for Global Health

Flashback to last year

Our lead story after last year’s budget: Our overview of the 2024-2025 Federal budget and health

Reaction and commentary:

This link compiles all of our coverage of last year’s budget.

See Croakey’s coverage of the 2025-2026 budget and health

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Ahead of Federal Budget, what have been the key asks for our health?

Pre-budget submissions covered at Croakey

Other budget submissions

Flashback to last year

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