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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 23/11/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 3--Family and children's services : Subprogram 3.2--Family services : [Senate Estimates]

Senator KNOWLES --On emergency relief, Minister, back on 19 October-- Mr Lindenmayer --Madam Chair, emergency relief is not in 3.2. CHAIR --Where is that, please? Mr Lindenmayer --It is in program 6, I think. Senator KNOWLES --Well, Minister, this is directly related to your own press release anyway, so presumably you are

Date: 23/11/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw951123a_sca.out/0033 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 23/11/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 6--Corporate services and support : Subprogram 6.2--Strategic policy analysis and evaluation : [Senate Estimates]

Senator KNOWLES --Minister, on 19 October 1995 you put out a press release stating that families experiencing a short-term financial crisis will be helped by extra federal government funding of $2.5 million. You stated that the funding boost took to more than $17 million the amount provided by the federal government this year under

Date: 23/11/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw951123a_sca.out/0036 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 23/11/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 4--Aged and community care : Subprogram 4.2--Assessment : [Senate Estimates]

Senator KNOWLES --How many people in the age groups 0-10, 10-20 and 20-40 years are residents of nursing homes? Ms Murnane --We do have that information, but I do not know if we have got it here. Senator KNOWLES --Has the minister gone? Ms Murnane --She has just gone out for a

Date: 23/11/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw951123a_sca.out/0041 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 23/11/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 4--Aged and community care : Subprogram 4.3--Home and community care for the aged : [Senate Estimates]

Senator KNOWLES --I have got some questions on Carers Week. Minister, who took the decision for the department to organise Carers Week in 1995 and what was the reason for the department taking over the organisation of Carers Week? Mr Bruen --The department did not, in fact, take over the organisation of Carers Week

Date: 23/11/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw951123a_sca.out/0043 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 23/11/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 5--Disability programs : Subprogram 5.1--Access and participation by people with a disability : [Senate Estimates]

Senator KNOWLES --This one might not take all that long. It is about CETP funding. CHAIR --Three-word questions, three-word answers. Ms Murnane --I have been restricted to three-word answers. Senator KNOWLES --The Minister for Human Services and Health maintains that all decisions to make grants to establish new CETP services are based on

Date: 23/11/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw951123a_sca.out/0046 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : [Senate Estimates]

CHAIR --I welcome Minister Rosemary Crowley and officers of the department. Minister, do you have any opening statements or comments that you wish to make, or the department? Senator Crowley --No, Madam Chair, I do not, but I call Ms Murnane. Ms Murnane --Senator, I would just like to apologise that we have not

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0029 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 3--Family and children's services : Subprogram 3.1--Children's services : [Senate Estimates]

Senator TROETH --I will start with the National Childcare Accreditation Council in order to make the sequence of questions perfectly clear. What is the total budget allocation for NCAC? Ms Bryce --If I could just take a minute to look at-- Senator TROETH --Yes. Mr Wight --Senator, the budget allocation for the

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0032 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 1--Health advancement : Subprogram 1.5--Therapeutic goods administration : [Senate Estimates]

CHAIR --The committee resumes the estimates supplementary hearing on the Human Services and Health portfolio. If we actually deal with two questions on subprogram 1.5, we would get rid of Senator Knowles for the night--and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Senator Crowley --With a challenge like that, Madam Chair, how could

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0035 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 1--Health advancement : Subprogram 1.3--Health promotion and disease prevention : [Senate Estimates]

Senator PATTERSON --I wish to follow up some questions on counselling for recipients of human pituitary hormone. Ms Dunlop, can you tell me how much Relationships Australia has been provided with for the counselling of recipients of human pituitary hormone? Ms Dunlop --The amount that has been set aside to provide counselling through to

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0037 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 6--Corporate services and support : [Senate Estimates]

Senator HERRON --I ask for more guidance in relation to coordinated care trials in relation to the minister's announcement at the National Press Club when the minister endorsed the COAG concept of coordinated care for the elderly. Ms Murnane --I will answer that now because it could fit under program 6. Senator HERRON --There

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0044 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 2--Health care access : Subprogram 2.2--Pharmaceutical benefits : [Senate Estimates]

Senator PATTERSON --I have some questions for Dr Nearhos relating to `doctor shopping.' The magazine Australian Doctor reports some HIC figures which show that in 1994 nearly 1.37 million people visited between one doctor and four doctors to obtain an average of 11 scripts under each of the free safety nets, that more

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0047 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 2--Health benefits : Subprogram 2.1--Medicare benefits : [Senate Estimates]

Senator PATTERSON --I asked some questions about the tender for the Australian national diagnosis related groups software, and I have not had any answers to that. Dr Loy --You should have. They have certainly been through me. I do not understand why they have not reached you. Ms Murnane --They have left the

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0051 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 2--Health benefits : Subprogram 2.3--Hospitals, insurance and other health services : [Senate Estimates]

Senator PATTERSON --I am referring to the national mental health strategy: can you please explain to me--and I think I am right in saying this--why the figures for this program were not included in the budget papers? Dr Loy --They are included. One needs to bear in mind that there are appropriations for the

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0053 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 4--Aged and community care : Subprogram 4.1--Planning : [Senate Estimates]

Senator Crowley --Madam Chair, could I have some assistance about whether we might expect to finish questions tonight. Are we expecting to finish community health? CHAIR --We might start to move fairly speedily. Senator Patterson is sort of indicating that she has got shorter ones. Senator Crowley --That is fine. It is just

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0056 - Source: SENATE

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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 22/06/1995 : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH : Program 4--Aged and community care : Subprogram 4.3--Home and community care for the aged : [Senate Estimates]

Senator PATTERSON --The departmental workshop on carers which you just mentioned: I would appreciate it if a copy of the papers commissioned for that workshop could be made available to the committee. Will that be presented in a booklet form? Ms Murnane --Yes, we will publish it. We will also send to the committee

Date: 22/06/1995 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomw950622a_sca.out/0058 - Source: SENATE

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