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The Australian Government is delivering affordable health care to Queenslanders with more bulk billing and cheaper medicines helping ease cost of living pressures.

Read the radio interview of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Katie Woolf about the opening of the Perinatal Mental Health Centre in Berry Springs; funding for NT maternity services; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; critical incidents in the Royal Darwin Hospital; and Darwin headspace Plus.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Leon Compton.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference about opening of the Perinatal Mental Health Centre at Berry Springs; mental health; and hospital services in the NT.

New and expectant parents in the Northern Territory now have access to free mental health support with the opening of a new Perinatal Mental Health Centre in Berry Springs.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about Coorparoo Urgent Care Clinic; Thriving Kids; NDIS; aged care; and One Nation donations.

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

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview on bulk billing for women's long-acting reversible contraception.

Read the transcript of Deputy Prime Minister Marles and Assistant Minister McBride's press conference in Geelong.

Women in Australia will have better access to safe, affordable, long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) such as IUDs and birth control implants through a new national network of centres.

Young people in Geelong will soon have greater access to mental health support and care with headspace Geelong being uplifted to a headspace Plus.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Sally Sara on aged care assessments.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo about the minimum wage increase; AUKUS; and fuel security.

The Australian Government is continuing to deliver cheaper medicines with Australians with types of leukaemia and severe migraines to pay less for expanded Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines from 1 June 2026.

The Australian Government is investing a further $44.4 million in Birthing on Country services across Australia to continue the great work being done to improve outcomes for First Nations mothers and babies.

Motor Neurone Disease is a rare, incurable and fatal condition which is invariably characterised by a rapid deterioration in physical function.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Karl Stefanovic about the Budget 2026; and housing.

The Australian Government has launched a new professional association to recognise, support and grow the mental health and suicide prevention peer workforce.

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering more aged care beds where they are needed most, to ensure every older Australian can access the world-class aged care they deserve.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Charlie Pickering about aged care wait times.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's doorstop interview about aged care.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about cheaper medicine for leukaemia now on the PBS, Ebola, hantavirus, aged care and the Royal Commission.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference on the opening of a new Urgent Care Clinic in Hobart’s northern suburbs.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on home care, and leukaemia treatments on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to strengthen Medicare with a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opening in Tasmania.