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The Australian Government is acting to ensure older and isolated residents of Greater Shepparton have access to support services as the impact from the latest COVID-19 outbreak continues.

Read the transcript of the press conference with Minister Hunt and Minister Tudge on 27 August 2021 with an updated on the COVID-19 vaccine advice.

Read the transcript of Minister Gillespie's interview with Nic Healey from ABC Western Plains Breakfast about COVID in regional NSW.

Read the transcript of Minister Gillespie’s interview with Chris Smith from Sky News on 27 August 2021.

The Australian Government has welcomed the release of the National Policy Roadmap to Being Equally Well, which aims to improve the physical health care provided to Australians living with serious mental illness.

Read the transcript of Minister Gillespie’s interview with Patricia Karvelas on ABC Afternoon Briefing with an update on COVID outbreaks in NSW.

Read the transcript of Minister Gillespie’s interview with Steve Price on Triple M about the vaccine rollout, effectiveness of masks and regional COVID outbreaks.

Read the transcript of a Minister Hunt's interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane about high COVID-19 case numbers in NSW and Victoria, Doherty Institute modelling and Australia’s national plan.

Australia continues to be an immunisation nation as parents protect their children from disease at record rates.

The Australian Government is urging all Australians to get behind the nation’s Paralympians as they prepare to compete at the Tokyo Games.

Australians with COVID-19 who are at risk of hospitalisation will now have access to an additional antibody treatment, as the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced today it has granted provisional approval for sotrovimab to be used in Australia.

Funding from the Federal Coalition Government will develop a culturally appropriate screening tool to deliver better mental health outcomes for young people in the East Arnhem region.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview on Sunrise with Natalie Barr about the vaccination target in Australia and provisional approval for vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds.

The Australian Government is investing $79 million in medical research and innovation projects to develop new medical devices, medicines, and digital health technologies, which will benefit Australians who need them.

Funding from the Australian Government to Beechworth Health Service will enable the development of a local health care model to provide better access to health services for locals.

The Australian Government is investing $2.4 million to help parents, early childcare workers, GPs and other health professionals improve the nutrition of Australian children up to five years of age.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview on Sunrise with David Koch about the COVID-19 vaccination program.

Read the transcript of Minister Gillespie's interview with Luke Ryan from ABC Mid-North Coast on 17 August 2021.

Read the transcript of Minister Gillespie's interview with Paul Barclay from RN Drive on 17 August 2021.

Young Australians across the Bellarine will now have easier access to mental health services when and where they need it most, with the opening of a new headspace satellite service this week.

The Australian Government is providing COVID-19 rapid antigen testing (RAT) to residential aged care facilities in Greater Sydney, to further protect aged care residents, workers and their families.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview with Jim Wilson on 2GB Drive on the vaccine rollout.

The Morrison Government has released the landmark National Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability, which aims to address the serious health inequities faced by people with intellectual disability.

Read the transcript of Minister Gillespie’s interview with Chris Kenny on The Kenny Show with an update on the COVID-19 vaccine and lockdowns.

To respond to the current outbreak in Far North New South Wales, the Australian Government will provide an additional 7,680 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses immediately for use in the eight affected local government areas, including Walgett.