Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian government provides in excess of $50 million every year for dementia specific programs that seek to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their carers. I would add that one of the elements of the terms of reference of the royal commission deals specifically with the issue of dementia. In the 2018 budget, a further $5.3 million has been committed over four years to ensure that we pilot the improvements to care for people living with dementia with an emphasis on the use of innovative technologies. We've committed over five years $200 million to 2019 to boost Australia's research into the prevention, the diagnosis, the treatment and the cure of dementia, and this includes the establishment of the National Health and Medical Research Council National Institute for Dementia Research.