The government has accepted the proposal to investigate alternative payment arrangements for the supply of high-cost PBS medicines from community pharmacy to support their continued availability within the community. The accepted recommendations included legislative amendments to enable the development of a CCS method within the $2 billion Emissions Reduction Fund, expansion of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Australian Renewable Energy Agency to open up private sector investment in CCS and the development of a co-investment program to accelerate investment in emissions intensive heavy industries. The Pharmacy Guild of Australia welcomed the response, saying pharmacists “appreciated the positive tone of the Minister’s approach to the Review and to the future of pharmacy”. “And that’s something that we’ve worked on with Medicines Australia, something that we’ve worked on with the Pharmacy Guild, and in turn it’s allowed us to be in a position to invest more funds into new medicines. Following Machinery of Government changes on 1 February 2020, we are reviewing this content for transition to our new corporate website. To register visit our website: carbonmarketinstitute.org. CMI has more than 75 corporate members and speaks for business leading the transition to a net-zero emissions economy. Health Minister Greg Hunt says at this time the Government will not be abolishing the $1 discount, which came into effect on 1 January 2016. Total funding of up to $1.26 billion has been made available to fund a combination of continuing, new and expanded community pharmacy programs and services, according to the government response. Some sections of this website are open to public participation. “Arguably the most important decision that the government has taken is to accept the proposal for a change in the way that high-cost medicines are delivered, and that means it’s about changing the rebate arrangements as of the 1 July 2019 in a staged approach through to the 1 July 2020,” Minister Hunt told media at the APP conference on Thursday morning. “The funds are there are I strongly to encourage you to join in and participate in these programs.”. “We made a commitment to the Guild that we would review it, but it is a balance. The NSW Energy and Resources Knowledge Hub is an initiative of the NSW Government, led by the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources at the University of Newcastle. More to come on the Government response to the Pharmacy Review tomorrow. What was the government’s response to the King Review? Further the accuracy, currency and completeness of the information available on this web site cannot be guaranteed.