This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Health, Disability and Ageing Measures No. 1) Regulations 2026.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	11 March 2026

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997

1 In the appropriate position in Part 3 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

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Grant to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

To provide funding to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to deliver training for multidisciplinary healthcare teams and hospital staff with responsibility for delivering maternity or maternity‑related services in regional, rural and remote communities, as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12.

2 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table item 413, column headed “Program”)

Omit “Adult”, substitute “Medicare”.

3 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table item 413, column headed “Objective(s)”)

Omit “To support”, substitute “To establish, support”.

4 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table item 413, column headed “Objective(s)”, paragraph (a))

Omit “adult mental health centres”, substitute “Medicare Mental Health Centres”.

5 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

778	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Professional Organisations	To provide funding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professional organisations to support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce, including by: (a) improving skills, capacity, recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals; and (b) increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying for health qualifications and improving the graduation and employment rates of those students; and (c) delivering mentoring, support, professional networking and development opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health students and health professionals; and (d) promoting culturally safe and responsive environments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health students, health professionals and health consumers; and (e) improving the quality of health workforce planning and policies.
779	Perinatal Mental Health Centres	To support the mental health of new and expectant parents by funding the establishment and operation of perinatal mental health centres that: (a) provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment for people experiencing, or at risk of, perinatal mental illness; and (b) provide multidisciplinary team‑based mental health care for new and expectant parents, including by clinical psychologists, registered psychologists and social workers; and (c) contribute to the development of a specialist perinatal mental health workforce; as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures for the provision of, or incidental to the provision of, medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution).
780	Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Program	To provide funding to university organisational units, such as: (a) university departments of rural health; or (b) rural clinical schools; or (c) regional training hubs; in critical health fields, including medicine, nursing, midwifery, dentistry and allied health, to support students to study and train in regional, rural and remote areas and remain in those areas once qualified. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) for the provision of, or incidental to the provision of, medical services or benefits to students (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or (b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12.
781	Youth specialist care centres	To provide funding to: (a) establish and operate a network of youth specialist care centres that provide comprehensive treatment and care for young people with complex mental health needs and support for their families and caregivers; and (b) support the governance of those centres; and (c) collect data about those centres; and (d) support the continuous improvement of those centres by evaluating them. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) for the provision of, or incidental to the provision of, medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or (b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12.