Budget 2018–19

Australian Government — Budget 2018–19

Portfolio Budget

• DVA Portfolio Budget Statements 2018–19 (PDF 3.6 MB)
  DVA Portfolio Budget Statements 2018–19 (DOCX 1.1 MB)

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES)

• Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2018–19 (PDF 3.5 MB)
  Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2018–19 (DOCX 502 KB)

Information Sheets

• Delivering Australias Digital Future — Veteran Centric Reform — Continuation (PDF 265 KB)
  Delivering Australias Digital Future — Veteran Centric Reform — Continuation (DOCX 57 KB)

• Improved Dental and Allied Health (PDF 128 KB)
  Improved Dental and Allied Health (DOCX 111 KB)

• Long Tan Bursary — Extension of Eligibility (PDF 242 KB)
  Long Tan Bursary — Extension of Eligibility (DOCX 56 KB)

• Support for Veterans Employment Opportunities — Continuation (PDF 253 KB)
  Support for Veterans Employment Opportunities — Continuation (DOCX 59 KB)

• Reversal of 2015–16 Budget Measures — SRCA Reforms (PDF 361 KB)
  Reversal of 2015–16 Budget Measures — SRCA Reforms (DOCX 57 KB)

• Support for Veterans Through Improved Compensation Arrangements — Removing the Stepdown for Incapacity Payments — Increased Payments for Veterans Studying (PDF 367 KB)
  Support for Veterans Through Improved Compensation Arrangements — Removing the Stepdown for Incapacity Payments — Increased Payments for Veterans Studying (DOCX 58 KB)

• Mental Health Treatment for Australian Defence Force Reservists with Disaster Relief and Certain Other Service (PDF 244 KB)
  Mental Health Treatment for Australian Defence Force Reservists with Disaster Relief and Certain Other Service (DOCX 57 KB)

• Additional Health Support for Australian Civilian Surgical and Medical Teams who Worked in Vietnam 1964–1972 (PDF 234 KB)
  Additional Health Support for Australian Civilian Surgical and Medical Teams who Worked in Vietnam 1964–1972 (DOCX 96 KB)

• Removing the dual treatment pathway model and replacing it with a Single Treatment Pathway (PDF 325 KB)
  Removing the dual treatment pathway model and replacing it with a Single Treatment Pathway (DOCX 95 KB)

Cross-portfolio measures

Department of Health initiatives affecting DVA clients:

• More Choices for a Longer Life — Healthy Ageing and High Quality Care
• Guaranteeing Medicare — MBS — New and Amended Listings
• Guaranteeing Medicare — MBS Review — Response to Taskforce Recommendations
• A Stronger Rural Health Strategy
• Improving Access to Medicines — Strengthening the Quality Use of Healthcare Services
• Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — New and Amended Listings
• Improving Access to Medicines — Encouraging Greater Use of Generic and Biosimilar Medicines
• Guaranteeing Medicare — Strengthening Primary Care
• Guaranteeing Medicare — Expansion of Medicare Eligibility for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Guaranteeing Medicare — Medicare Benefits Schedule Review
• Strengthening Aged Care — More Places, Lower Fees, Better Access
• Strengthening Aged Care — Improved Access and Compliance

Additional information on these initiatives is located on the Department of Health website.

Department of Social Services initiatives affecting DVA clients

• More Choices for a Longer Life — Finances for a Longer Life:
  • New Means Testing Rules for Innovation Retirement Income Streams
  • Increase and Extend the Work Bonus
  • Expansion of Pension Loans Scheme
• Retaining the Energy Supplement

Additional information on these initiatives is located on the Department of Social Services website.