Ministers' media centre

Australians with the extremely rare and life-threatening inherited disease, acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) will now have free access to a life saving medicine.

Women in New South Wales are set to benefit from cheaper medicines and better health care thanks to the next stage of the Australian Government's landmark $792.9 million Women’s Health Package.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview about the Women's Health Package.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference on social media minimum age law and youth mental health.

Read the transcript of Minister White's doorstop interview about Medicare Urgent Care Clinics delivering for Tasmanians; Bridgewater Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; and the Hobart Clinic.

Tasmanians are continuing to turn to Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in record numbers for timely and free care, easing pressure on busy hospital emergency departments across the state.

Development of Australia’s first national clinical guidelines for perimenopause and menopause has reached a new milestone with the opening of the tender process to develop the guidelines.

South Western Sydney residents now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of the new Medicare Mental Health Centre.

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

More Australians living with advanced cancer could have access to immunotherapy treatment options, thanks to a new recommendation from the independent Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC).

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's radio interview with Kim Napier on the Devonport Medicare Mental Health Centre.

North West Tasmanian residents now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of the new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Devonport.

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

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview on the Mount Isa Medicare Mental Health Centre opening.

Read the transcript of Dan Repacholi MP's interview with Adam Steer on men's health.

Read the transcript of Dan Repacholi MP's interview with Daniel Hilard on men's health.

North West Queensland residents now have access to free walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of the new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Mount Isa.

Special Envoy for Men’s Health, Dan Repacholi MP, is visiting the Northern Territory this week to meet with local communities, men’s health advocates and service providers to hear firsthand about the unique challenges and opportunities facing men in the Territory.

Peninsula residents now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of the new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Redcliffe.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview about the Women’s Health Package; savings for Tasmanian women from 1 November; Hobart Clinic; and Tasmanian hospital funding.

The Australian Government has appointed Kathryn North AC as the new Chair of the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB).

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Loretta Ryan and Craig Zonca about the social media ban for under 16s; and Medicare Mental Health Centres in Queensland.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Evan Wallace on Women's Health Package; Carer's week; Launceston General Hospital.

Tasmanian women are set to benefit from cheaper medicines and better health care thanks to the next stage the Australian Government’s landmark $792.9 million Women’s Health Package.

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