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The Australian Government is investing $18.4 million to support thousands of nursing students through the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program.

Sport Australia Hall of Fame member Greg Norman AO is being nominated as an independent director on the Board of the Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOG).

The Australian Government is investing almost $11 million to build Australian research capacity in climate change and related health impacts under the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2024 Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into climate-related health impacts and effective

This year, 11 new DonateLife community partners will share in over $600,000 in grants to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation to ensure more Australians can receive a life-saving transplant.

A record number of nurses are joining the Australian health workforce from overseas, with 16,622 internationally qualified nurses registering to practise here in the past financial year – three times more than the 5,610 nurses that joined in the final year before COVID (2018/19).

Young people on Bribie Island now have access to mental health support and care, closer to home, with the opening of a local headspace service. 

People across the Redlands now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of a new Medicare Mental Health Centre.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's interview on ABC Radio Brisbane which covered access to mental health services, rollout of Medicare Mental Health Centres and First Nations mental health.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference on the opening of the Medicare Mental Health Centre in Rockhampton.

People in Central Queensland now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of a Medicare Mental Health Centre in Rockhampton.

People in Central Queensland now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of a Medicare Mental Health Centre in Gladstone.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Jeremy Jones on Medicare Mental Health Centres.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's interview which covered the opening of the new Medicare Mental Health Centres in Gladstone and Rockhampton.

Read the transcript from Minister Wells' interview on ABC News Breakfast which covered the Play Our Way fund and the Australian Open.

The Australian Government is investing almost one million dollars to support more women and girls to play tennis and enjoy the mental and physical health benefits sport provides.

Read the transcript of Minister Wells' interview with Peter Fegan on the Play Our Way fund.

Young people in the New South Wales Northern Rivers can now access free mental health support with the opening of headspace Ballina.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Bridie Tanner on the new Ballina headspace centre and the National Mental Health Workforce Strategy.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Scott Levi on Tuggerah Medicare Mental Health Centre; support psychiatrists; new food manufacturing hub in Central Coast

People on the Central Coast can access free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of the Tuggerah Medicare Mental Health Centre.

From 3 February 2025, Australian mums and their newborn babies will have free access to the best and most comprehensive protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on Weekend Today which covered the free RSV vaccine available from 3 February and more.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered the Free RSV vaccine for expectant mothers; private health insurance and NSW psychiatrists.

Read Minister Wells' statement on her appointment to Cabinet

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kylie Morris about bulk billing rates, cost-of-living relief, anti-Semitic attacks and the Attorney General's trip to Israel.