Modernising health infrastructure
Integrating research and clinical practice
The Government will invest $430 million to modernise Australia's medical research and clinical training infrastructure.
This package will support the Government's focus on prevention and the provision of best‑practice health care through investment in projects in areas including mental health and neurological disorders, child health, Indigenous health, chronic disease and pharmaceuticals.
It will also help bring together research and clinical practice so that Australians can benefit from the latest in medical care.
The Government will fund projects across Australia, including:
$71 million for the Monash Health Research Precinct Translational Facility in
Victoria; $44.7 million for Stage 2 of the Menzies Centre in Tasmania; and $34.2
million for a new Research and Training Facility in the Northern Territory.
World‑class cancer centres
The Government will make an unprecedented $1.3 billion investment to modernise Australia's cancer services, improving detection, survival and treatment outcomes for existing cancer patients and the 100,000 people diagnosed with cancer each year.
This investment will improve access to cancer care, particularly for patients in regional and rural Australia.
The package will support a nationally consistent approach to cancer service delivery through:
- $560 million to build a network of up to ten leading Regional Cancer Centres
- $526 million for two integrated cancer centres located in Parkville, Victoria and Lifehouse at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales
- $120 million to upgrade breast screening equipment across the country through funding to BreastScreen Australia
- $70 million for the Garvan Institute in Sydney.
Ensuring patient access to cancer centres
