Ministers' media centre

The Albanese Government is funding new research that could help prevent mitochondrial disease from being passed on to children by their mothers.

Support for additional mental health services will continue in north-west Tasmania with an investment of a further $3 million from the Albanese Government from July this year.

People living in Sydney’s west now have access to free, walk-in mental health care with the opening of Canterbury Head to Health at 1205 Canterbury Road, Roselands.

Read the transcript of the radio interview between Assistant Minister McBride and Rikki Lambert on rural health care; HELP debt; employer model; multidisciplinary care.

Australia’s pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers arriving from the People’s Republic of China, including the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, will cease applying to flights that land in Australia at 12.01am on 11 March 2023.

Australians are being encouraged to fill their prescriptions for medicines, especially as the maximum out of pocket cost for most medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is now $12.50 lower.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on NSW Medicare Urgent Care Clinics Expressions of Interest, general practice, 'my health' app, digital health systems, TGA cough syrup recall, mental health and Distribution Priority Areas.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview on bulk billing GPs and NSW Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

From 1 March 2023, Australians with recurrent melanoma will have a new treatment option subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

An Expression of Interest for 14 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics locations across metropolitan and regional New South Wales will open on 2 March 2023.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's and Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on the 10 Year National Action Plan for the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ people; LGBTIQ+ Health Advisory Group; research funding for the LGBTIQ+ community; WorldPride; health disparities for LGBTIQ+ people.

Young people across the Gympie region will receive better mental health support, with an upgraded headspace service opening today.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop in Cairns on JCU medical cohort; rural practitioners; rural and regional primary care.

The Australian Government has announced a new national action plan and a $26 million investment in health and medical research focusing on LGBTIQA+ communities at the WorldPride 2023 Human Rights Conference.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the JCU Medical Program welcome event in Cairns.

Read the script for Assistant Minister McBride's speech on the Cumberland Youth Mental Health Summit.

The Australian Government has secured an additional 3 million doses of the latest Moderna Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine to ensure an adequate portfolio of vaccines.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference in Launceston on Head to Health Launceston; eating disorders; mental health.

Read the transcript of Minister McBride's Interview with Belinda King on Head to Health Launceston and Tasmanian health care.

People living in and around Launceston can now access more community-based mental health services with a new, permanent Head to Health location officially opened at 62-64 Canning Street.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Rebecca Levingston on Urgent Care Clinics, tobacco reform and vaping.

The Australian and Queensland Government are working together to improve access to primary care for Queenslanders and reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments.

The five-year agreement on public hospital funding between the Australian Government and all states and territories is being independently reviewed

The official launch of headspace Colac has given young people across the local region a new way to get help when they’re struggling with their mental health.

Geelong’s free adult mental health service has a new purpose-built permanent site at 8 -16 Station St, Norlane.