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New analysis by the Department of Health and Aged Care shows that more than 1.6 million prescriptions for medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) were cheaper in January, after the maximum co-payment was reduced from $42.50 to $30.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the Future of Health Seminar.

Health care providers in Lismore will receive additional support to rebuild infrastructure, replace equipment or move to new premises as the recovery from floods continues.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's speech on the opening of Head to Health Canberra.

Free walk-in mental health care is now available to people who live in the Australian Capital Territory.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Neil Mitchell on Babies in parliament; long COVID; strengthening Medicare; general practice; bulk-billing; Urgent Care Clinics; Centre for Disease Control; AHPRA; aged care; vaping.

A doctor or nurse practitioner who lives and works in rural and remote Australia will have their HELP debt wiped under legislation passed today by the Australian Government

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and David Bevan on Medicare; bulk billing; Medicare compliance; medical graduates; medical workforce.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Sabra Lane on Strengthening Medicare Taskforce; general practice.

Read the transcript of the television interview with Minister Butler and Lisa Millar on COVID boosters; Medicare; private health insurance.

Read the transcript for Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop at Parliament House, Canberra on 8 February 2023, on the Jenkins Report and workplace safety, and COVID-19 booster vaccines.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on COVID-19, ATAGI advice and vaccine doses; aged care and health workforce, and hospital discharge.

The Australian Government has accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) that all adults who have not had a COVID-19 booster or a confirmed case in the past six months can now get another booster.

Read the transcript of Minister McBride and Tom Oriti's radio interview on mental health, rural health, Black Dog Institute funding, GP shortages, Voice to Parliament, and the pandemic.

The Australian Government has invested $1.7 million to extend The Essential Network (TEN) project until 30 June 2024.

The Australian Government is ensuring Australians get value for money from their private health insurance as the annual industry average premium is set to rise by 2.9 percent.

From today, Australia will move from two doses to a single dose of the Gardasil®9 human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for routine immunisation of young people under the National Immunisation Program.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Kieran Gilbert's interview on Strengthening Medicare; Health Workforce; Mental Health; NDIS

The Australian Government is funding communities on Tasmania’s east coast and the Gippsland region of Victoria to find local solutions to their health challenges.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report; Urgent Care Clinics; Medicare; and hospital funding.

The Albanese Government has released the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce report.

Read the transcript for Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop at Gorokan Public School with Minister for Education Jason Clare and Member for Robertson Dr Gordon Reid.

Today, Professor John Skerritt has announced his decision to retire from his position of Deputy Secretary Health Products Regulation Group, effective 18 April 2023.

The Australian Government is investing $203.7 million this year to help young people in every single school across the country through the rollout of the Student Wellbeing Boost.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler, Prime Minister Albanese and WA Minister Aly's doorstop on Western Australia; Urgent Care Clinics; Reserve Bank of Australia; and a Voice to Parliament.