The Albanese Labor Government is committed to ensuring that every Australian has access to high-quality health care and is delivering record investments to build a stronger Medicare.

A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will deliver:

• $7.9 billion to strengthen Medicare with more bulk billing, so Australians can see a GP for free. The largest single investment in Medicare since its creation.
• Expanding bulk billing incentive eligibility to cover all Australians from 1 November 2025, making an additional 15 million individuals eligible when visiting the GP for the most common services.
• 9 out of 10 GP visits expected to be bulk billed by 2030.
• Around 4,800 fully bulk billing GP practices across the country by 2030.
• An additional $1.8 billion funding boost to public hospitals.
• 50 additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, bringing the total to 137 nationwide. Including a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in the City of Stonnington. This will mean that 4 in 5 Australians will live within a 20-minute drive of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
• $662.6 million to grow the workforce of doctors and nurses.
• Establishing the Bulk Billing Incentive Program to incentivise general practices to become fully bulk billing practices.
• Listing new medicines on the PBS, including oral contraceptives, treatments for endometriosis, lymphoma, menopause and treatment resistant major depression.
• Training more GPs, with 2,000 Government-funded GP training places per year by 2028 – supporting more doctors to become GPs than ever before in Australia’s history.
• Post-graduate scholarships for nurses and midwives to extend their skills.
• Salary incentives for junior doctors to specialise in general practice.
• Funding paid parental leave and study leave for trainee GPs.
• New Medicare rebate for menopause health assessments.
• $291.6 million to continue delivering aged care reforms.
• $46 million to continue digital mental health services.
• $1 billion to deliver more free mental health services
• 31 new and upgraded Medicare Mental Health Centres - including a free Medicare Mental Health Centre for Glen Iris.
• 58 new, upgraded or expanded headspace services.
• 20 Youth Specialist Centres for young people with complex needs.
• More than 1,200 training places for mental health professionals and peer workers.

And for women’s health, we’ll deliver:

• $792.9 million to deliver lower costs, more choice and better healthcare for women.
• The first new oral contraceptive pills listed on the PBS in over 30 years.
• The first PBS listing for new menopausal hormone therapies in over 20 years.
• 11 more endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics, bringing nationwide total to 33 clinics.
• Expanding services of endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics to include specialised support for menopause and perimenopause.
• 150% larger Medicare rebates and more bulk billing for the insertion and removal of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), and enabling these services to be delivered by nurse practitioners.
• Investing in training for insertion and removal of LARCs to ensure healthcare professionals are trained, skilled and confident when delivering these services.
• Developing national clinical guidelines for menopause treatment.
• Funding to train health professionals on menopause.
• Awareness campaign on menopause.

Since we were elected in 2022, the Albanese Labor Government has:

• Approved 319 new or amended PBS listings since 1 July 2022.
• Introduced a freeze on the maximum PBS patient co-payment until 2026 for all Australians.
• Introduced a five-year freeze on the maximum PBS patient co-payment for concession card holders, so they won’t pay more than $7.70 for PBS medications until 2030.
• Introduced 60-day prescriptions.
• Delivered $1.2 billion in savings for Australians through our Cheaper Medicines
• One new doctor added to Australian healthcare system every hour.
• Nearly 18,000 new medical practitioners in Australia in the last two financial years.
• Tripling of the bulk billing incentive for GPs that bulk bill concession card holders and people under 16. This has meant that 9 out of 10 GP visits by concession card holder and people under 16 are bulk billed.
• Delivered 87 fully bulk billed Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across Australia, including one in Mount Waverley, taking pressure off hospital emergency departments.
• Increased numbers of doctors training to be GPs – 25% increase.
• Registered nurse now on-site 24/7 in 99% of aged care homes.
• Banned engineered stone products.
• Established 61 free, walk-in adult Medicare Mental Health Centres across Australia.
• Put Australia back on track to eliminate transmission of HIV by 2030.
• Delivered world leading vaping reforms to protect younger Australians from the harms of vaping.
• Established 12 Perinatal Mental Health Centres to support new parents.
• Expanded the headspace network to more than 175 centres - including one in Box Hill and Syndal.
• Restored the bulk billed telehealth psychiatry Medicare rebates.
• Expanded the mental health workforce with more than 4,000 psychology scholarships, internships and training places.