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====Medicare Urgent Care Clinics==== The [[2023 Australian federal budget]] delivered by the [[Albanese government|Albanese Government]] funded the creation of ''Medicare Urgent Care Clinics''.<ref name="a510">{{cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=Find your nearest Medicare Urgent Care Clinic |url=https://www.health.gov.au/find-a-medicare-ucc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129015149/https://www.health.gov.au/find-a-medicare-ucc |archive-date=29 January 2024 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> The clinics are designed to provide care for emergent but non-life-threatening presentations, reducing the burden on local emergency departments. Their operation has been contracted to various bodies, mainly for-profit primary health companies. Several state and territories have opened similar clinics, such as the ''Priority Primary Care Centres'' in Victoria and ''Minor Injury and Illness Clinics'' located within satellite health clinics in Queensland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Major Milestone For Victoria's Priority Primary Care Centres |url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/major-milestone-victorias-priority-primary-care-centres |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304073347/https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/major-milestone-victorias-priority-primary-care-centres |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Premier of Victoria |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Priority Primary Care Centres |url=http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/priority-primary-care-centres |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228122925/https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/priority-primary-care-centres |archive-date=28 February 2024 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Better Health |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2023 |title=Satellite hospitals |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/health/services/satellite-hospitals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503021223/https://www.qld.gov.au/health/services/satellite-hospitals |archive-date=3 May 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref>
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