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Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Leon Compton about Helen Haines and aged care.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on Helen Haines MP, the Burwood Urgent Care Clinic, and 1 million Australians have now used 1800MEDICARE.

Read Special Envoy Repacholi's speech at The Dad’s Group Roundtable on the Sunshine Coast.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sylvia Jeffreys and Tom Steinfort on Helen Haines and 1 million Australians access free health advice through 1800MEDICARE.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Woiwod on Helen Haines and 1 million Australians accessing free health advice through 1800MEDICARE.

More than one million Australians have accessed free trusted health advice through the Australian Government’s 1800MEDICARE telehealth and digital service.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Hamish MacDonald on 1 million Australians accessing free health advice through 1800MEDICARE; aged care.

People with disability will benefit from $30 million in Australian Government funding for research into improving their health and wellbeing and access to health care.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Jaynie Seal on digital duty of care and the government’s approach to children’s rights, suicide and domestic violence.

The Australian Government is continuing to back Australian workers, delivering an additional $6.9 million over 2 years to strengthen mental health and suicide prevention support in high-risk industries.

Women in Australia are being encouraged to talk openly about perimenopause and menopause this World Menopause Day, with more support available to help them understand their symptoms and access the care they need.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Natalie Barr on private health insurance rebate; investment into aged care.

The Australian Government is listening to the experiences of older Australians and taking the necessary action to refine the aged care system and build on its once-in-a-generation reforms.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas on private health insurance rebates; investment into aged care.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Deborah Knight on private health insurance rebates; AMA suggested exemptions.

The Albanese Government will commission an independent review of the aged care classification and prioritisation assessment mechanisms, as the latest step in a series of refinements the Government is making to ensure older Australians can have confidence in the assessment process.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's Doorstop Interview on private health insurance rebates and investment into aged care.

The Australian Government's investment in youth mental health is delivering real results, with more than one million young Australians now supported through headspace centres across the country.

The Australian Government is investing $630 million to deliver fairer pay to over 460,000 health, disability and community services workers following the Fair Work Commission’s findings that these industries have been undervalued.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on landmark funding to address historic gender undervaluation in care sectors, biotech research, private health insurance, aged care, and smart glasses.

The Australian Government is investing $10 million to deliver essential building upgrades that will keep the Burrangiri Aged Care Respite Centre operating.

Every October 10, we mark World Mental Health Day and this year's theme is Together We Thrive.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop interview about the opening of the Glenorchy Medicare Mental Health Centre.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Ryk Goddard on the new Medicare Mental Health Centre for Tasmania.

The Australian Government is delivering free mental health care across regional Australia, with the 57th Medicare Mental Health Centre now officially open in Glenorchy, bringing high-quality care closer to home for Tasmanians.