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New initiatives to improve the treatment and management of mental health concerns among Australia’s servicemen and women will be funded by the Australian Government.

A new school-based mental health program that aims to give teachers the tools to help students manage their mental health has been launched following a $98.6 million investment from the Australian Government.

The Australian Government has made a new medicine available for free for an extremely rare and potentially life-threatening disease, saving patients hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

In a highly significant public health accomplishment for Australia, the World Health Organization (WHO) has verified that Australia has eliminated rubella, a contagious viral illness that can result in miscarriage or stillbirth.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's interview on Today with Georgie Gardner regarding Australia eliminating rubella and Walk for Autism.

The Morrison Government has provided funding to support the development of plan for heart disease and stroke, outline a better way to diagnose, treat and manage the conditions in Australia.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's doorstop in Melbourne regarding PBS listings to benefit advanced lung cancer and cholesterol patients; Nauru.

Two major new listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) have the potential to extend the lives of Australians with advanced lung cancer and those at risk of a heart attack, saving patients up to nearly $190,000 a year.

An agreement signed between Australia and the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in the United States will allow our world-class medical researchers to collaborate with their US-counterparts on transforming and saving lives through medical breakthroughs and clinical trials.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's doorstop in Canberra regarding record child immunisation rates, Nauru and Malcolm Turnbull.

The Australian Government will invest $80 million in eye medications through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), helping improve and preserve the vision of thousands of Australians and saving them up to $7,000 a year.

The Australian Government will provide $600,000 to the Miracle Babies Foundation to support families of premature and sick babies.

The Australian Government will support the St George and Sutherland Medical Research Facility with $4 million to further boost its important work to better understand the human microbiota, particularly our ‘gut health’.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's interview on 5AA Mornings with Leon Byner regarding knee MRI scans for over 50s.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview on 5AA Mornings with Leon Byner regarding CAR-T leukaemia treatment, private health insurance and SA health.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's doorstop in Adelaide regarding CAR-T leukaemia treatment and action on silicosis.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's interview on the Today Show with Georgie Gardner regarding CAR-T leukaemia treatment.

New rules have been announced that will make private health insurance easier to understand and help Australians choose the cover that best suits them and their families from 1 April, 2019.

New rules have been announced that will make private health insurance easier to understand and help Australians choose the cover that best suits them and their families from 1 April, 2019.

The Children’s Hospital Foundation Queensland has boosted the Australian Government’s Australian Brain Cancer Mission with a $10 million commitment that will give Queensland its own children’s brain cancer research centre.

The Australian Government will take sweeping steps to deal with the adverse effects of transvaginal mesh implants in its response to the Senate Inquiry.

The Australian Government’s $125 million mental health research mission has made child and youth mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health, and eating disorders the priorities for its first round of funding.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's interview on RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly regarding the Productivity Commission mental health inquiry, Nauru and the Opera House.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's doorstop in Canberra regarding the Productivity Commission mental health inquiry and drug use.

Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's interview on ABC Radio Melbourne with Jon Faine regarding the Productivity Commission mental health inquiry.