Former ministers' media centre

The Australian Government is helping our record breaking Diamonds strive for 2027 Netball World Cup glory with a $6 million investment.

The Australian Government is supporting grass roots engagement with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities so that more people can receive a life-saving transplant.

The Australian Government is ensuring our national aged care system has a world-class regulator to meet the challenges facing the sector – both now and into the future.

The Australian Government is investing more than $160 million in a tailored women’s health package to tackle gender bias in the health system, upskill medical professionals and improve sexual and reproductive care.

The Australian Government is easing cost-of-living pressures by making medicines cheaper for all Australians.

The Australian Government has taken the next step in fighting deadly occupational respiratory diseases like silicosis by this week launching the first National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry to improve occupational health and safety in Australian workplaces.

The Australian Government is investing $135 million to improve access to quality aged care services in First Nations, rural and remote communities.

Minister for Sport, Anika Wells, has appointed former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins AO as Chair of the Australian Sports Commission for a five-year term.

The Australian Government is ensuring Australian mums have greater access to best practice primary midwifery care.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on the federal funding package to help women who’ve experienced miscarriage Federal budget for the midwifery sector.

In an Australian first, the Australian Government has announced a funding package to help meet the needs of women who have experienced miscarriage.

May 17 marks International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). No Australian should be discriminated against because of who they are or who they love.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on the federal funding package to help women who’ve experienced miscarriage.

The importance of older Australians maintaining their health, wellbeing and sense of identity through aged care accommodation design has been recognised by the Albanese Government.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McCarthy's interview with Rick Hind on Federal Budget; remote housing; funding support for menstrual products for women and girls in remote communities, Prison to Employment program.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McCarthy's media conference in Darwin on New medical school at Charles Darwin University and the Federal Government’s gas plan.

The Australian Government is investing in Indigenous-led clinical trial and cohort studies to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

The Australian Government is investing in Australia’s health workforce by upskilling our nation’s nurses and midwives through a new $50.2 million scholarship.

Read the transcript of the radio interview between Assistant Minister Kearney and Tom Connell on budget measures for students in work placements and the health system

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on the Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program, paid placements, HECS debt

Read Assistant Minister McCarthy's speech at the WA Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector in Fremantle.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McCarthy's interview with Greg Jennett on Closing the Gap; domestic violence; WA Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector Conference; growing the number of Torres Strait doctors.

The Australian Government is supporting our country’s health workforce, with a new program designed to help Australia’s nurses and midwives deal with stress and burnout.

The Australian Government continues to deliver on its commitment to Queenslanders, with the Cairns South Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) having seen more than 4,000 presentations in its first four months of operation.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McCarthy's media conference in Cairns on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.