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Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the reopening of headspace Launceston.

In a joint operation, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and Victoria Police, have identified and detained nearly 500,000 vapes suspected of being unlawful.

The Australian Government is helping ensure the quality and safety of telehealth, with $5 million worth of research into how telehealth can achieve positive health outcomes for Australians.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Richard Perno on the Reopening of Launceston headspace; mental health.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Leon Compton on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; bulk billing; funding for regional health doctors.

More young people in Launceston will now have access to free mental health services at the expanded headspace centre relocated to 24 Wellington Street opening today.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the World Health Summit Regional Forum Opening Ceremony.

People in Burnie and the surrounding region are set to have much improved access to doctors with an extra 20 medical students a year to train locally.

The Albanese Government is protecting Australians in aged care and disability homes by funding pharmacists for the first time to provide free flu and other National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccines at the homes

Read Minister Butler's press conference on pharmacists providing free vaccinations offsite in aged care and disability care; pathology bulk billing; mental health funding and the eSafety Commissioner.

Read the Joint Statement from all Australian Health Ministers on vaping.

Read the transcript from the joint press conference which covered vaping and hospitals.

Young people in Gawler, South Australia, and the surrounding district will in future have access to free, holistic mental health care provided by a new headspace centre.

headspace has been supporting the young people of Bendigo for 12 years, providing vital access to mental health services.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's radio interview with Fiona Parker on mental health service funding; Bendigo headspace; Bendigo bulk billing data.

Bendigo residents have seen the bulk billing rates increase by 8 per cent since the Australian Government tripled the bulk billing incentive on 1 November 2023.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's radio interview with David Bevan on UK smoking legislation; vaping.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech for the graduating College of Health, Medicine, and Wellbeing students at the University of Newcastle.

New data reveals that under the Albanese Government, older Australians in aged care homes are now receiving historic levels of care.

Unprecedented concerns around rising vaping rates in schools show the need for immediate action, a recent trial has shown.

Read Minister Butler's press conference on vaping in schools.

Young people in Melbourne’s outer eastern suburbs are benefitting from access to free, high-quality mental health services and support from headspace Knox.

For 11 years, young people in Ipswich have benefited from access to their local headspace centre, which has recently been expanded to meet growing need.

Australians with high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and ovarian cancer now have access to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read Minister Butler's press conference on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics hitting the major milestone of 250,000 visits; Victorian health system; gender inequality in healthcare.