Department of Health

Part of the Health portfolio and a Federal authority, also called Health

Services for the aged, including carers; Public health and medical research; Health promotion and disease prevention; Primary health care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Pharmaceutical benefits; Health benefits schemes; Specific health services, including human quarantine; National drug abuse strategy; Regulation of therapeutic goods; Notification and assessment of industrial chemicals; Gene technology regulation.

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COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group
Response by Department of Health to Phillip Sweeney on .
Dear Mr Sweeney,   I refer to your request of 27 May 2021 to the Department of Health (the department) seeking access under the Freedom of Informa...
Inquiry about contact tracing app: QR-code vs Bluetooth beacon
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Pau-Olivier Dehaye on .
I have not received a response to my request. Please consider it. Yours faithfully, Pau-Olivier Dehaye
Training data - Specialist colleges
Response by Department of Health to John Smith on .
Dear Mr Smith   Thank you for agreeing to the department’s request for a 30 day extension to process your FOI request.  We appreciate your prompt...
Minutes from Medical Services Advisory Committee and sub-committees
Clarification sent to Department of Health by Tanysha B on .
If the meeting minutes will be publicly available then that’s fine. I formally withdraw my FOI. Yours sincerely, Tanysha B
Co-claiming of professional consultation and mental health item numbers
Response by Department of Health to Dr L on .
Good afternoon Dr L   Thank you for your email. FOI 1541 was deemed withdrawn by the Department of Health on 4 April 2020 as charges for the reque...
No placebo in vaccine studies
Response by Department of Health to Phillip Hayes on .
Dear Mr Hayes   Thank you for your below response.  The TGA is processing your request which relates to the below information and will provide you...
Call My doctor Pty Ltd
Response by Department of Health to Lindsay Stewart on .
Dear Mr Stewart   Please see the attached correspondence from the Department of Health in regards to your request for waiver of charges for FOI 13...
North Qld PHN
Response by Department of Health to Lindsay Stewart on .
Dear Mr Stewart   I refer to your request of FOI 1374 to the Department of Health (department) seeking access under the Freedom of Information Act...
Why did funding get cut from voluntary male circumcision
Response by Department of Health to Heath McInerney on .
Attention:  Health McInerney   We refer to your correspondence of 29 October 2019 to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the...
Review of Australian drug diversion programs
Response by Department of Health to Will Tregoning on .
Attention: Will Tregoning Thank you for your request to the Australian Government Department of Health (Department) of 19 February 2019 seeking acces...
Agreement That Involves Transfer of Radioactive Waste to ARPANSA's building in Yallambie
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Sun Shine on .
I'm providing an update. The requested document, an MOU, is an agreement that involves ARPANSA funding for a project at the University of Melbourne,...
Documents not available for download from your FOI log or reasoning
Request to Department of Health by Posty. Annotated by Posty on .
The “not recording the number of requests” comment is not a good sign. Yes, technically they don’t, but had I asked for copies of them that would hav...
Ministerial briefing documents on health impacts of climate change
Response by Department of Health to Melissa Sweet on .
Dear Ms Sweet   I refer to your two attached FOI requests to the Department of Health, received on 13 October 2018, seeking respectively:   · ...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Department of Health by Ben Fairless on .
Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Correspondence between HBF and the Department
Response by Department of Health to Ben Fairless on .
Attention: Ben Fairless   Please see attached documents in relation to your internal review request to the Department of Health.   Regards  ...
Taskforce on Hospital Funding
Response by Department of Health to UD on .
Dear UD,   I refer to your request of 29 May 2017 to the Department of Health (Department), seeking access under the Freedom of Information Act 19...
WHO COP 7 media access
Response by Department of Health to Jason Plotz on .
Dear Mr Plotz,   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   The payment options are pro...
Health care for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis
Internal review request sent to Department of Health by Mark Joradan on .
The Department of Health appears to be saying that it has no records relating to people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. This doesn't seem correct....
Documents relating to ASADA and ACC meetings January - February 2013
Request to Department of Health by martin hardie. Annotated by Joan Hird on .
Any update on this request?
Mechanisms for managing any COI in review on the regulation, sale and marketing of e-cigarettes
Response by Department of Health to Andrew Thompson on .
Dear Mr Thompson   The FOI unit can confirm that it has received your email with the supporting document for a waiver of charges on 30 May 2016....
details of payments made to Orthopaedic Surgeons by Smith & Nephew
Response by Department of Health to Dianne Harvey on .
Dear Ms Harvey   I refer to your FOI request of 16 March 2016 to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the FOI Act requires tha...
Vaccination: whooping Cough.
Response by Department of Health to Jessica Prussing on .
Dear Ms Prussing I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), dated 29 February 2016, regardi...
Medicinal Marijuana Usage
Response by Department of Health to Emma Grace on .
Dear Ms Grace   I refer to your FOI request of 29 February to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the FOI Act requires that a...
PBS Discount
Response by Department of Health to Rachel Adler on .
Attention: Rachel Adler   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   Regards FOI Offi...
Obesity levels for children
Request sent to Department of Health by Jarvis Small on .
I request to know the information of obesity amounts for children aged 7-15 years old between the years 2010-2015. I would like to see how much this...

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