Policy and Advocacy Library
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This submission is in response to the Australian Treasury Measuring What Matters second consultation round. Expanding on the first submission, this response looks at health equity, priority population groups, prevention and sustainability.
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This RACP submission highlights the need for increased investment in early childhood education and care as a critical means of mitigating long-term health and social inequities. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of implementing universal access to education programs for all 3-year-olds, recognising the strong evidence of an additional year of pre-school in breaking cycles of disadvantage for priority populations.
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This document provides a high-level overview of wins in key advocacy areas and briefly outlines priorities for the RACP’s ongoing engagement with the Government.
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Child health and young adult medicine
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This RACP submission highlights the need for investment in the early years of children’s health, development and wellbeing as the most cost-effective means of tackling long-term health conditions and health inequity. The submission recognises the importance of both child health and family health, and acknowledges the importance of providing greater support to programs for improving the mental health and parenting support for families and carers.
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Occupational and environmental health
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Safe Work Australia conducted a national consultation on a proposed prohibition ban on the use of engineered stone. This joint submission by the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM), the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) noted support for the recommendations of the National Dust Diseases Taskforce, which included to proceed with a prohibition on the use of engineered stone if appropriate control measures have not been introduced by mid-2024. This specific issue was posed for public consultation following a Federal and jurisdiction WHS Minister meeting (February 2023) and consideration of regulatory and non-regulatory options for more effective management of the risks of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) at work.
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NT, Australia
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This submission outlines the RACP response to the NT Alcohol Action Plan 2023-2025. Some key areas of recommendation include the need for a stronger focus on cross government action and prevention, recognising the rights of First Nations people to self determination and addressing the social determinants of health.
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This RACP submission highlights the key areas in which the education and wellbeing of school students with disability were, and continue to be, disproportionately impacted by COVID-related school closures and contains a set of recommendations to address these issues.
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Feedback was provided on the National Silicosis Prevention Strategy 2023-2028 and accompanying National Action Plan consultation, coordinated by the Lung Foundation Australia (March 2023). The College’s feedback was a joint collaborative submission from the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM), the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM). This input contributes to the development of the first national plan to prevent and eliminate silicosis as an occupational disease in Australia.
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The RACP submission contains a set of recommendations regarding key areas of the health care and wellbeing care that the Australian Defence Force provides to serving and ex-serving members. The RACP has had long-term involvement with Defence and veteran matters, including mental health and suicide, and many RACP members provide health care to these patient groups.
