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The Australian Government is providing $2.6 million to researchers at the University of Melbourne to use the latest information technology to improve the lives of people who have survived brain cancer.

Read the transcript of the press conference with Minister Hunt, Professor Brendan Murphy in Canberra on 22 March with an update on the vaccination rollout.

Today is a momentous day for Australia’s fight against COVID-19, with the rollout of Phase 1B of the Australian Government’s vaccination plan.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview with with Peter Stefanovic on SKY News First Edition on 19 March 2021 about AstraZeneca vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Read the transcript of the press conference with Minister Hunt, Professor Michael Kidd in Canberra on 18 March with an update on COVID-19 cases and vaccination rollout in Australia.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview with Sabre Lane on ABC AM on 18 March 2021 about Phase 1B of the vaccine rollout, securing vaccines for Papua New Guinea

Read the transcript of the press conference with Minister Hunt, Professor Brendan Murphy, and Professor John Skerritt in Canberra on 17 March with an update on the vaccination rollout in Australia.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview with with Neil Mitchell on 3AW about booking appointments to receive COVID vaccine, Papua New Guinea.

The Australian Government has welcomed the launch of a new campaign encouraging Australians to consider jobs in aged care.

The Government is launching a $15 million competitive grant round to kick start Australian clinical trials exploring the use of potential breakthrough combination therapies for the treatment of debilitating mental illnesses.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview with Jim Wilson on 2GB about the vaccine rollout, COVID-19 outbreak in Papua New Guinea.

Read the transcript of the press conference with Minister Hunt, Professor Brendan Murphy in Canberra on 17 March with an update on the vaccination rollout in Australia, Phase 1B beginning on 22 March.

More than 1,000 general practices will join the COVID-19 vaccination program from next week further strengthening the Commonwealths capacity, and ensuring an efficient and equitable distribution of vaccines across the country.

Older Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse communities across the country are set to access more tailored respite care.

A national network of leading mental health researchers will work with more than 2000 people living with mental illness to deliver better models of mental health care across Australia, thanks to the Australian Government.

Earlier today I was discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for cellulitis of my upper right leg and accompanying fever.

The Australian Government is ensuring the COVID-19 Vaccination Program meets the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

More than 4,500 accredited general practices will participate in Phase 1b of Australia’s COVID-19 rollout.

Read the transcript of the doorstop interview given by Minister Hunt in Melbourne on 7 March 2021 about the vaccine rollout and vaccine safety.

Australia’s world-leading response to the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen, with more doses of the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being provided to Australians this week.

Read the transcript of the doorstop interview given by Minister Hunt in Melbourne on 5 March 2021 about the Astra-Zeneca vaccine rollout.

Thousands of South Australians needing urgent mental health assistance will now be able to access cutting edge out-of-hospital care, with the doors opened this week at a nation-first mental health centre that is an alternative to a hospital Emergency Department.

Read the transcript of Minister Hunt's interview with Peter Stefanovic on SKY News First Edition on the Aged care funding and vaccine roll out.

Read the statement from Minister Payne, Defence support the vaccine rollout in aged care.

Read the transcript of the doorstop interview given by Minister Hunt in Sydney on 2 March 2021 about the arrival of additional Pfizer vaccines, COVID-19 vaccine rollout and aged care royal commission.