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EHA Pre-Budget Submission 2025-2026

31st Jan 25

EHA has lodged a pre-budget submission for the 2025-2026 Commonwealth budget with a focus on "Driving Economic Growth through Preventative Health".

The submisison requests $234.3 million over 4 years to fund the following 5 proposals:

- Workforce and bridging the service gap - Building the future of environmental health ($17.45m)

- Reinstating and strengthening education pathways - educating the next generation protectors of public health ($145.5m)

- Environmental Health Matters Campaign - inspiring the next generation ($6m)

- Pacific environmental health advocacy and professional association capacity development ($9m)

- Endowments and scholarships - Funding futures - investing in the profession and our environmental health talent ($56.3m)

The submission can be dowloaded here

If you would like to support the EHA pre-budget submission, please customise this letter and send it to your local Member.