Ministers' media centre

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Ashlea Hansen on Sky News Breakfast about 60-day medicines dispensing and the Regional Pharmacy Transition Allowance.

The Australian Government is providing $3 million for training to health professionals to better support workers affected by silicosis and other occupational dust diseases.

People living in Perth now have greater access to free mental health care with the opening of two new Head to Health adult mental health services in Gosnells and Mirrabooka.

On World Breastfeeding Day, researchers from the University of Adelaide and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute will receive over $2.2 million to study the benefits of donor milk for pre-term babies

The Albanese Government is investing $148.2 million in regional, rural and remote pharmacies, as they transition to providing a broader mix of services and play an even more central role in the health care of Australians.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Conference 2023 in Sydney.

The Albanese Government is making sure midwives in private practice can continue to provide homebirth services by extending the professional indemnity insurance exemption until 30 June 2025.

A high technology genomic profiling program supported by the Australian Government will examine new treatments for advanced and incurable cancers.

From Wednesday 26 July, people in Wollongong will have access to fully bulk billed urgent care, with a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening at the Corrimal Medical and Dental Centre on Underwood Street.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on the opening of the expanded cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; CAR T cell therapy; MRFF funding.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's speech for the Equally Well Symposium in Sydney.

The Albanese Government has provided $1.1 million towards development of a new scanner which could revolutionise diagnosis of deadly lung conditions around the world.

A national action plan launched today will improve the quality and availability of palliative care for infants, children and young people with a life-limiting illness.

Hundreds of junior Queensland doctors will have the chance to undertake training in regional and rural areas in a boost to the local health workforce thanks to an Albanese Government program aimed at attracting doctors to careers in rural health care.

This DonateLife Week (23 to 30 July), Australians are being asked to register and have a conversation with their family if they want to be an organ and tissue donor in the future. 

I welcome Mr David Tune’s independent Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. The full report is now available on the Department of Health and Aged Care’s website.

For the first time, Australian women are invited to share their experiences in the health system to better inform policy development and improve health outcomes for women and girls.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about the new cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines.

The Albanese Government has today launched the first major update to the cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines in over a decade, in a move that the Heart Foundation estimates could impact the care of 8 million Australians.

The Australian Government is engaging with First Nations leaders as it develops Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy.

Young people and their families across NSW are set to benefit from wrap-around mental health care and wellbeing services with the announcement of four Head to Health Kids Hubs in NSW.

A permanent Head to Health adult mental health service will open in Parramatta today, ensuring locals have access to timely mental health information, services and support.

The Australian Government is supporting access to high-quality, safe, and effective medicines in the Pacific and Southeast Asia by investing $13.3 million in new partnerships between the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and governments in our region.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Tom Connell on aged care 24/7 nursing; influenza deaths.

Four research teams will share in over $5.5 million in targeted funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to investigate ways to identify and support people with chronic disease who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation.