March 31, 2025
by Glen Poole
A former well being minister has backed calls from the Australian Males’s Well being Discussion board to extend funding for males’s well being within the subsequent parliament.
In a letter responding to AMHF’s 2025 Election Platform, Dr Gillespie highlighted the necessity for the Federal Authorities to prioritise males and boys’ well being and handle the systemic gaps in Authorities funding to enhance males’s well being.
“The coalition acknowledges these vital disparities in well being outcomes between women and men with males dying earlier and extra incessantly from preventable causes. We recognise the necessity for focused investments in males’s well being to handle these challenges.
“Whereas present funding ranges are restricted, we assist requires elevated funding in evidence-based applications that may successfully enhance males’s well being outcomes. I’ll proceed to advocate for insurance policies that prioritise males’s well being and handle systemic gaps in funding and assist.”
Dr Gillespie stated the Coalition had a robust file of supporting males’s well being initiatives, significantly the present Nationwide Males’s Well being Technique, which it launched in 2019.
Evaluation by AMHF has discovered that each the Labor Authorities and the earlier Coalition Authorities funded the Nationwide Males’s Well being Technique at comparable ranges, however that funding and assist for males and boys’ well being has not saved tempo with girls and ladies’ well being.
About Dr David Gillespie MP
Earlier than coming into parliament as a Nationwide MP for Lyne (NSW) in 2013, Dr Gillespie was a gastroenterologist for 20 years and director of doctor coaching at Port Macquarie Base Hospital.
He was appointed Assistant Minister for Rural Well being by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2016 and promoted to Assistant Minister for Well being in 2017. He had a second spell because the Minister for Regional Well being underneath Prime Minister Scott Morrison from 2021-2022.
Dr Gillespie is retiring from parliament and won’t be standing as a candidate within the 2025 Federal Election.
For a listing of candidates standing for election within the Federal Division of Lyne (NSW) see the ABC website.
