Ministerial communiqués

Health Ministers issue communiqués on National Scheme issues including proposed changes to the National Law. Additionally, the Queensland Health Minister issues co-regulatory funding determinations annually. 

Below are a list of communiqués that are relevant to the National Scheme.  

2024

• Health Ministers’ Meeting communique – 16 August 2024 (Workforce reform; registration fees for practitioners on parental leave; Family domestic and sexual violence; spinal manipulation of children under two years of age; use of title ‘oral surgeon’)
  
• 2023-24 Funding determination from Shannon Fentiman MP, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Minister for Women - 30 July 2024 (566 KB,PDF)
• Health Ministers’ Meeting communique – 14 June 2024 (Kruk review implementation; NRAS Complexity review; Spinal manipulation of children under two years of age)
• Health Ministers’ Meeting Communique – 19 April 2024 (advance practice paramedics and changes to the National Law)

2023

• Health Ministers’ Meeting communique - 10 November 2023
• Health Ministers’ Meeting communique - 1 September 2023
• Health Ministers Meeting communique: National Law amendments - 18 February 2023
• Health Ministers’ Meeting communique (sexual boundary violations and cosmetic surgery reforms) - 24 February 2023
  
   

2022

• Health Ministers meeting communique - 14 December 2022
• Health Ministers statement on cosmetic surgery - 2 September 2022
• Health Ministers announce Ahpra Agency Management Committee appointments - 15 July 2022
• 2021-22 Funding determination from Yvette D'Ath MP, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Leader of the House - 31 May 2022 (698 KB,PDF)
• HMMs communique - Health Ministers approve Bill to amend the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (tranche 2) – 18 February (141KB, PDF) Word version (37KB, DOCX)

2021 

• 2020-21 Funding determination from Yvette D’Ath MP, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Leader of the House - 25 June 2021 (638KB, PDF)

2020

• Queensland Government - 2019-20 Funding determination from Steven Miles, Deputy Premier, Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services – 25 June 2020 (2.4MB, PDF)

2019

• Queensland Government - 2018-19 Funding determination from Steven Miles, Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services - 30 May 2019 (2.5MB, PDF)
• COAG Health Council communiqué – 31 October - 1 November 2019 Tranche 2 and other reforms to strengthen public protection under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (336KB, PDF)
• COAG Health Council communiqué – 31 October - 1 November 2019 Tranche 2 - Summary of agreed NRAS stage 2 reforms (49KB, PDF)

2018

• COAG Health Council – Communiqué: Tranche 1A reforms to the National Law, including mandatory reporting - 12 October 2018 (411KB, PDF)  
• COAG Health Council – Communiqué: mandatory reporting and Ahpra - 2 August 2018 (218KB, PDF)
• Queensland Government - 2017-18 Funding determination from Steven Miles, Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services - 12 June 2018 (2.8MB, PDF)

2017

• COAG Health Council - Communiqué - Health Ministers announce plans for stronger penalties and prohibition orders, and amendments to mandatory reporting provisions for treating practitioners under the National Law - 4 August 2017 (241KB, PDF), Word version (31KB, DOCX)
• Queensland Government - Queensland fee determination from Cameron Dick, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services - 25 May 2017 (242KB, PDF)
• COAG Health Council Communiqué - Health Ministers announce decisions about progress on amendments to the National Law including registration of paramedics from 2018 and increased penalties for people holding out as registered practitioners – 24 March 2017 (193KB, PDF)

2016

• COAG Health Council Communiqué - Health Ministers announce decisions about the NRAS, regulation of paramedics and PPI for private practising midwives – 7 October 2016 (242KB, PDF) 
• Queensland Government - Queensland fee determination from Cameron Dick, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services - 18 May 2016 (835KB, PDF)
• COAG Health Council - Health Ministers announce decisions about the NRAS and other national health issues - 8 April 2016 (243KB, PDF)

2015

• COAG Health Council Communiqué - 17 April 2015 (135KB, PDF) – includes independent review of NRAS and registration of paramedics.  

2012

• AHWMC  Communiqué: approval of registration standards 2012 professions – 13 January 2012 (173KB, PDF)

2011

• AHWMC Communiqué: update on progress of the national scheme – 5 August 2011 (248KB, PDF)