Ministers' media centre

The Australian Government will provide a further $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research into post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) – commonly known as Long COVID.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with David Dowsett and Emergency medical transport funding, GP grants, Single employer model, HELP debt, Innovative models of care.

Additional free walk-in mental health care services for adults will soon be available in New South Wales, with locations for new Head to Health services agreed between the Australian and New South Wales Governments.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Rebekah Lowe on Aged care; Strengthening Medicare Taskforce; GP Grants Program.

The Australian Government is investing $5.4 million to expand medical transport and specialist outreach clinics for people living in rural and remote areas of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

The Australian Government is delivering on a key election commitment to strengthen GP practices across the country.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's radio interview with Leon Compton on Tasmania's Urgent Care Clinic; vaping.

The National Mental Health Commission plays an important role in delivering on the Government’s mental health and suicide prevention reforms.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview on rural and regional primary care.

Following keen interest and extensive collaboration between the Australian Government and Tasmanian Government, an additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) will be established in Tasmania, taking the total number of Medicare UCCs to be established in the state to 4.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on what the Australian Government is doing to address women’s health clinics, endometriosis and rural health care.

Read the radio interview of Assistant Minister McBride and Charlie McKillop on regional GPs; top of scope trials; Townsville University Hospital.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on what the Australian Government is doing to address the health workforce shortage in rural and regional areas and HELP debt.

The Australian Government is delivering on a key election commitment to First Nations health with new renal dialysis units in six remote locations, ensuring First Nations people with severe kidney diseases can receive lifesaving treatment closer to their communities.

Today, Professor Brendan Murphy AC has announced his decision to retire from his position as Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care, effective 6 July 2023.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference in Townsville about the new Townsville University Hospital unit.

Australians with acute or chronic graft versus host disease, chronic rhinosinusitis, and oesophageal cancer or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer now have access to new and updated medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). 

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's radio interview with Michael Clarke on primary care; new Townsville University hospital unit; Queensland regional healthcare.

A state-of-the-art $13 million, 33-bed ward to improve the flow of acutely unwell patients between the emergency department (ED) and specialist inpatient wards will be officially opened at Townsville University Hospital today.

Australians with acute or chronic graft versus host disease, chronic rhinosinusitis, and oesophageal cancer or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer now have access to new and updated medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).  

Two breakthrough medicines will be available free of charge to Australians with extremely rare and life-threatening inherited diseases, from 1 April 2023.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's press conference on Trikafta; and Medicare compliance

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Luke Grant on expanded PBS access to Trikafta for children aged 6-11 years; and Better Access.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic on expanded access to Trikafta for children aged 6-11; Independent review into Medicare compliance.

From 1 May 2023, children aged 6 to 11 with cystic fibrosis will have access to the medicine Trikafta® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).