Ministers' media centre

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Peter Fegan on Home Care Packages and Support at Home.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Patricia Karvelas on Home Care Packages and Support at Home.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Sally Sara on home care packages and Support at Home.

A team of Australia’s leading educators, researchers and disability advocates have been appointed to an expert-led committee, established to ensure NDIS participants access the best-practice, evidence-based supports that deliver results.

The Australian Government is delivering more choice, lower costs and better access to long-term contraceptives.

Professor Richard Scolyer’s contribution to brain cancer research and advocacy will be continued and further celebrated with a new position named in his honour at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Minister Rae's press conference about Home Care Packages; and foreign affairs.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Assistant Minister White's press conference about more choice and cheaper medicines for women’s health; aged care; NDIS committee; and foreign affairs.

Hundreds of thousands of Australian women are accessing cheaper medicines and better health care thanks to the Australian Government’s landmark women’s health package.

The Australian Government has introduced legislation to deliver on its commitment to establish an independent Australian Centre for Disease Control.

Read the transcript of Prime Minister Albanese and Minister Butler's press conference about Professor Richard Scolyer AO, migration, electoral reform, Freedom of Information, United Nations, Australia-China relationship and aged care.

Read Minister Butler's speech at Parliament House in Canberra about PharmAus25.

The Albanese Government is taking immediate steps to bring medicines and new treatments to Australians sooner following the interim report by the Health Technology Assessment Review Implementation Advisory Group.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the World Suicide Prevention Day breakfast in Canberra.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bridget Brennan on delivering cheaper PBS medicines, anti-immigration rallies and IVF.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Karl Stefanovic about anti-immigration rallies; migration; and delivering cheaper PBS medicines costing no more than $25 a script.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara about home care packages; delivering cheaper PBS medicines costing no more than $25 a script; Thriving Kids; and specialist costs.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop interview about delivering cheaper PBS medicines costing no more than $25 a script.; Home Care Packages; freedom of information legislation; anti-immigration rallies; and IVF.

Australian children will now have stronger protection against pneumococcal with the Australian Government implementing a new and improved vaccine on the National Immunisation Program (NIP).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matt Shirvington on delivering cheaper medicines.

From today, Australians with paediatric psoriasis, fibrodysplasia, asthma, cystic fibrosis and blood cancer now have access to new and expanded cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to deliver further 50 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics with a tender process commencing on 2 September 2025 to identify a provider to operate the East Adelaide clinic.

The search for venom-based treatments, and better treatment for Parkinson’s disease and lung cancer, are three projects sharing in $72 million in health research funding from the Australian Government.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Natalie Barr.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment for a further 50 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics with a tender process now underway to identify a provider to operate the Bathurst clinic.