Government expenditure on public health activities in Australia 2023–24 reports expenditure on public health activities in Australia that were funded by the Australian Government and state and territory governments between 2013–14 and 2023–24.
Expenditure is also reported against the following eight public health categories:
- Communicable disease control
- Selected health promotion
- Organised immunisation
- Environmental health
- Food standards and hygiene
- Screening programs
- Prevention of hazardous and harmful drug use
- Public health research.
- Cat. no: HWE 107
Key findings
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In 2023–24, total government expenditure on public health activities was $5.4 billion, equating to $201 per person
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Government public health expenditure as a share of total government health expenditure was 2.9% in 2023–24
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The Australian Government contributed $3.4 billion (63.3%) while state and territory governments – $2.0 billion (36.7%)
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Spending on Organised immunisation – $2.4 billion was highest followed by Communicable disease control – $0.9 billion