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Read Assistant Minister Kearney's op-ed published in the Women's Agenda on the 12th of October 2023

A fourth urgent care clinic will open in Western Australia next month with the Lagoon Medical Centre to be established as the Cockburn Medicare UCC, following an Expression of Interest process.

The Australian Government is delivering on its election commitment to provide cancer survivors and their families living in northern Tasmania access to specialised support from a consultant nurse after their treatment has ended.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride and Tom Oriti on World Mental Health Day; National Mental Health Workforce Strategy; Voice to Parliament.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference in Orange on First Nations health; Voice to Parliament; listening driving better solutions; World Mental Health Day.

The Australian Government, along with all state and territory governments, have developed and endorsed a plan to build Australia’s mental health workforce.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Pantelis on taking pressure off hospitals; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; Ozempic; shingles vaccine free for 5 million Australians; veterans and My Aged Care.

From 1 November, older Australians will have free access to the best protection against shingles through one of the most comprehensive and widely available vaccination programs in the world.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on making the shingles vaccine free for 5 million Australians.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on tobacco control laws; hospital funding; bed bugs.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on Cessnock Urgent Care Clinic.

The Australian Government is laying the foundations for a stronger Medicare, with the new MyMedicare program open to patient registration from 1 October 2023.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's opinion piece published in the Daily Advertiser

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Brisbane Southsiders, with a
provider for the Brisbane South Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) selected,
following an Expression of Interest process.

Read the transcript of the radio interview between Assistant Minister McBride and Sam Robinson on rural and regional health; NSW Birth Trauma Inquiry; mental health.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference in Wagga Wagga on First Nations health; listening driving better solutions; farmer and tradie mental health.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Emma Pedler on the Regional Health Forum in Whyalla; bulk billing investments.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Ortenzia Borre on the NSW Bilateral Regional Health Forum; Medicare investments; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; the health workforce pipeline; Disability Royal Commission.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on Doctors for Yes letter.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Andy Park about all 58 Urgent Care Clinics to be open by the end of the year as promised, and taking action on vaping.

From today, aged care homes must deliver a sector average of 200 care minutes per resident per day, including 40 minutes of registered nurse care.

Read Minister Butler's op-ed published in The West Australian on the 30th of September 2023.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Mann about the Whyalla Regional Health Forum, Mount Gambier Urgent Care Clinic, making it easier to see a doctor or nurse in regional and rural Australia and Voice to Parliament.

Three research teams will share in over $5.1 million in targeted funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to investigate ways to improve the physical health of people with mental illness.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Emma Peddler about the Whyalla Regional Health Forum, Mount Gambier Urgent Care Clinic, and making it easier to see a doctor or nurse in regional and rural Australia.