Ministers' media centre

Australians living with rare diseases will have access to a new helpline and telehealth nurses thanks to the Albanese Government delivering on an election commitment.

Each year, more than 3000 Australians die by suicide. That is more than double the number who die on Australian roads.

On World No Tobacco Day the Australian Government is releasing the draft of the proposed tobacco control legislation.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference at Parliament House about World No Tobacco Day, taking action on smoking and vaping, cheaper medicines and Calvary Hospital ACT.

The Australian Government is providing $8.3 million to improve training opportunities for specialist doctors in regional Australia through round two of the Flexible Approach to Training in Expanded Settings (FATES) program

GP Access After Hours is the gold star service of after-hours care across the country.

A new palliative care pilot will be launched in South Australia to make care more accessible. 

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Neil Mitchell about CAR T-cell therapy and vaping.

A joint media release with the Hon. Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care and the Hon. Emma McBride MP, Minister for Mental and Suicide Prevention

Following an investment of $28.7 million from the Albanese Labor Government the GP Access After Hours Clinic at the Calvary Mater will re-open tomorrow.

Australians who need palliative care will benefit from enhanced workforce education and training and improved quality through Albanese Government funding totalling more than $68 million. 

Australians battling prostate cancer that has spread past the prostate will soon benefit from subsidised medicine under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Canberra about listing of Voxzogo on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for children and adolescents with achondroplasia, women's health, traditional Indian medicine, First Nations mental health, aged care, telehealth and vaping. 

Children born with the most common form of dwarfism will have access to a new life changing treatment on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Katie Woolf about vaping.

The Albanese Government 2023–24 Budget is providing $900,000 to Hummingbird House Children’s Hospice in Chermside to ensure its continued operation.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Greg Jennett about the Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Better Access, the psychology workforce and strengthening Medicare.

The Australian Government is providing $136.0 million over four years, and $36.0 million ongoing, for torture and trauma services to help support refugees with their psychological issues arising from their often traumatic experiences before arriving in Australia.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Melbourne on Victoria's Urgent Care Clinics

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference on Strengthening Medicare and cheaper medicines

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to establish 10 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs) in Victoria, making it easier for Victorians to get urgent care when and where they need it. 

Read the transcript of Assistant Minster McBride's press conference in Lismore about Strengthening Medicare, cheaper medicines, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, and the Lismore floods.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on Strengthening Medicare, health care workforce and Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Perth about Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, strengthening Medicare, cancer research funding and funding for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder programs.

The first Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) provider in Western Australia has been selected following an Expression of Interest process.