Health and aged care must be at forefront of election campaign: CHA
March 28, 2025
Our Position – Health starts with access to a home
March 28, 2025
This position paper aims to highlight the opportunities present for a more environmentally sustainable, cohesive health and aged care sector. A more in-depth analysis of our policy positions is available through our submissions to Government.
CHA calls on Government to collaborate on opportunities in climate health through the following:
- Greater co-ordination and cooperation between government and not-for-profit (NFP) healthcare and aged care providers in providing capability uplift with climate and health risk assessments and adaption planning
- Funding for the development of a NFP health and aged care sectoral decarbonisation roadmap
- Strengthening the NFP aged care sector in climate resilience with scenario planning and funding mitigation strategies for improving emergency preparedness
- Implementation of financial incentives to support decarbonisation of the NFP health and aged care sector
- Support collaboration with NFP health and aged care providers on green procurement guidelines and procurement opportunities
- Drive consistency across jurisdictions on waste management legislation for health and aged care providers
