Ministers' media centre

The Australian Government is delivering additional access to urgent health care in Launceston with more funding to the Launceston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic to extend its opening hours.

The Australian Government is delivering for Northern Tasmanian children with hearing loss and their families with vital support at the new Launceston Shepherd Centre.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo on Medicare bulk billing.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sabra Lane on more bulk billing for Australians.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sonya Feldhoff and Jules Schiller on more bulk billing for Australians.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Hamish MacDonald on more bulk billing for Australians and the Northern Beaches Hospital.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Connell on more bulk billing for Australians

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kim Napier about new extended hours of the Launceston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, more bulk billing for all Australians, dental care and the election.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Tom Elliott on more bulk billing for all Australians with biggest investment in Medicare history; cheaper medicines; crackdown on illegal vapes; private health insurance.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Mark Gibson on more bulk billing for all Australians with biggest investment in Medicare history.

To reaffirm its commitment towards Australia’s world-leading medical researchers, the Australian Government is investing $422 million in funding for the future of our national health and medical research sector.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on 5AA Sunday Afternoons, which covers bulk billing.

Media release outlining $8.5 billion to deliver an additional 18 million bulk billed GP visits each year, hundreds of nursing scholarships and thousands more doctors.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's appearance on 3AW Weekend Breakfast on bulk billing.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on Sunday Agenda on bulk billing.

The Australian Government and the National Suicide Prevention Office have released the National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's speech on the launch of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035.

The Australian Government is delivering high-quality free mental health supports for new parents, younger Australians, LGBTIQA+ people and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

The Australian Government utterly condemns the appalling video that has circulated on social media of two health workers from Bankstown Hospital.

Registration of nurses in New South Wales is the responsibility of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW (the Council). They have now suspended the registrations of registered nurses Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh effective as of 13 February 2025.

More specialist rural GPs are coming to rural and regional Australia, with the popular new rural GP specialty reaching a critical milestone, as 2025 welcomes the largest cohort of doctors starting GP training in Australian history.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's appearance on 4BC Breakfast.

The Australian Government is launching the first ever Australian government advertising campaign to showcase the diverse and rewarding careers available in primary health care.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered more doctors and nurses, the new primary health care campaign, private health insurance and bulk billing.

The Australian Government has committed over $22 million for primary care research to ensure Australians get the best possible care for decades to come.