Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_183
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Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 183
Character Range: 612737–617167

183       Public Health and Chronic Disease Program                                                                                                            To address the rising burden of chronic disease and improve public health by:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) improving the quality of existing health services; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) supporting the development of new health services, controls and practices; and
                                                                                                                                                               (c) raising awareness of, providing education and advice on, and developing and disseminating information about health conditions (including their prevention, treatment, management and control), health services and family planning; and
                                                                                                                                                               (d) training and educating health professionals and other health service providers; and
                                                                                                                                                               (e) informing the public about health policy, programs, research and best practice; and
                                                                                                                                                               (f) providing support services to persons with health conditions and their families; and
                                                                                                                                                               (g) conducting health checks for particular groups; and
                                                                                                                                                               (h) implementing, developing and promoting food and nutrition policy, including a health star rating system for food labelling; and
                                                                                                                                                               (i) enhancing the quality of, improving access to, and supporting, palliative care, end of life care and advance care planning services.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) in connection with electronic communications; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) involving the collection, compilation, analysis or dissemination of statistics; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) providing, or incidental to the provision of, benefits to students, sickness benefits, pharmaceutical benefits, hospital benefits or medical services; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) providing assistance to Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders; or
                                                                                                                                                               (e) giving effect to Australia's obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12; or
                                                                                                                                                               (f) taken in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth.