Dietitians Australia put forward 13 recommendations to the Federal Government for funding priorities that encompass aged care, disability, primary care, workforce, and nutrition policy and public education. Our recommendations include funding:  

• the expansion of Medicare's chronic disease management program 
• access to wraparound care and referral to APDs for prescriptions of GLP-1RA medicines before, during and after use 
• the establishment of an independent advisory body on NDIS pricing policy 
• expansion of the Commonwealth Prac Payments to include dietetic students, and 
• a National Public Health Nutrition Mass Media campaign for the revised Australian Dietary Guidelines and Health Star Rating. 

For more, download our full submission.