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collaboration, adaptive research methodologies, innovative models of care, and clinician capability.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The growing complexity of care environments and increase in chronic and complex diseases make practitioner and care team decisions increasingly challenging.  Research on effective means to bridge the gap between primary care and specialist care is crucial to ensure that patients get access to the quality care that is available for complex and chronic problems following effective referral practice. While most health care occurs in primary care within the community, most research occurs in tertiary or specialist settings. Investment in primary care research will deliver a more concerted effort that is geographically relevant and, where possible, scalable nationally to maximise impact.  Conduct primary care research that is led by or conducted in collaboration with clinicians, including general practitioners, nurses and allied health care professionals, which can permeate daily practice and has potential for scalability. Support primary care research across Australia, including place-based research in regional, rural and remote communities and engagement with diverse populations.

Develop the evidence base about the efficacy and value of different primary care models and health systems. This includes improving primary care intersection with secondary and tertiary care and promoting shared models of care between clinicians and consumers, including self-care interventions, for a more integrated and efficient health care sector.

Health and Medical Researcher Capacity and Capability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Support research led by early to mid-career researchers and clinician researchers to promote capacity and capability development and retention.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Building and growing researcher capacity and capability is critical for the long-term development and retention of the next generation of health and medical researchers. This will ensure the increased availability and sustainability of diverse skills within the research workforce and enhance career pathways for researchers in academia, industry, government, and clinical settings.
Support development of Australian health and medical researcher capability, with a focus on improving the translation and integration of evidence-based research into primary and tertiary care settings, policy and commercial outcomes. Create a funding environment that fosters equity and increases opportunities for researchers with a diversity of backgrounds, career stages, skills and expertise to build research capacity and capability.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Support research that enables health and medical researchers to build innovation, translation, and commercialisation skills.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           There is a need to better support health related research that is led by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, recognising the harmful legacy of health and medical research conducted without Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's leadership or involvement, that racism across the health system has ongoing impacts, and that self-determined solutions result in improved outcomes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Support research that strengthens Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governance, leadership, agency and empowerment in research,