Former ministers' media centre

Read Assistant Minister McCarthy's speech at the Venerable Mary Aikenhead Ministries Oration.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McCarthy's press conference which covered the new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in the Northern Territory.

Six Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs) will be established in remote regions of the Northern Territory providing free, culturally appropriate urgent care services to local communities.

The Australian Government has announced a new $16.9 million initiative that aims to improve cancer care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

The Australian government is delivering on an election commitment to improve access to renal dialysis services, announcing three new renal dialysis units in remote Queensland and Western Australia.

The Australian government is supporting more Australians affected by cancer, announcing more than $500,000 in funding for 5 grant recipients.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McCarthy's interview with Sarah Morice on better access to renal dialysis for First Nations Australians; dialysis units for Badu Island, Wiluna and Tom Price.

The Australian Government is investing $100 million into 33 Indigenous health infrastructure projects across the country.

More than 300 people have enrolled in the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation’s First Nations Health Worker Traineeship Program, marking a significant achievement for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations across the country.

More First Nations families now have access to culturally safe maternal healthcare in North East Arnhem Land thanks to a growing workforce of Djäkamirr.

The Australian Government is bringing its Bowel Cancer Screening Roadshow to the Northern Territory to save the lives of locals by getting more people to do their free bowel screening.

First Nations Australians with severe kidney disease will have better access to lifesaving treatment with the opening of a new Coober Pedy renal dialysis clinic.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McCarthy's speech at the opening of Coober Pedy's new dialysis clinic.

To mark 40 years of Medicare, the Australian government is looking to honour and recognise the dedicated people and teams working in the primary health care sector right across the country.

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

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.

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.

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

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 Alice Springs about the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Allied Health Mobile Clinic, diabetes and Indigenous health

First Nations people in Central Australia are receiving better health services with a new custom built 4WD mobile clinic to support the treatment, education and management of diabetes in remote communities.

A new round of funding to support Australians living with cancer has opened today, with the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health Malarndirri McCarthy announcing the latest Supporting People with Cancer (SPWC) Grant initiative.