Ministers' media centre

Thousands of Australians with disability in regional and remote Western Australia will enjoy greater access to tailored disability services, under a new initiative designed to boost delivery of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The Australian Government is investing $110 million over three years to support new projects that help prevent chronic conditions and improve care for people living with them.

Australians living with autoimmune disease, lymphoma, Parkinson's, motor neuron disease and cerebral palsy will have access to new medicines thanks to expanded and new listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Since the national DonateLife program began under a Labor Government, more than 20,000 Australians have received a life-saving transplant thanks to more than 7,500 deceased organ donors.

Read the opinion piece from Assistant Minister White on organ donation.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on world first cheaper immunotherapy treatment listing for patients with advanced or rare cancers.

From today, thousands more Australians living with advanced and rare cancers will have access to affordable immunotherapy treatment options through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference on organ donation.

People with disability in Western Australia will get better access to cheaper assistive technology, under an Australian Government pilot program.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Natalie Barr on ISIS brides and tax reform.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on more speech pathology sessions for young people now being available through Medicare.

The start of a new First Nations-led employment model to train GPs in rural Queensland will improve First Nations health and help Close the Gap.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Murray Jones on aged care reforms.

The Australian Government is delivering on our election commitment and expanding access to support services for children and young people with severe speech and language disorders, including stuttering, speech sound disorders, cleft lip and cleft palate.

The Australian Government is delivering for residents in Coorparoo with the opening of the new Coorparoo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

The Australian Government is strengthening Medicare by delivering more mental health services in the heart of communities, including Central Queensland.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Jeremy Jones and Rob Kidd on Medicare Mental Health Centres rolling out in regional Queensland.

Young people in Gawler, north of Adelaide, can now access free mental health support and care with a new headspace centre now open.

Special Envoy for Men’s Health, Mr Dan Repacholi MP will join Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care,and Federal Member for Lyons, the Hon Rebecca White MP in Tasmania today as part of ongoing national work to improve the health and wellbeing of Australian men and boys.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Shellharbour on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; Four Corners report into gynaecologist care.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference on additional beds on the Callington Wing at the Midlands Multi-Purpose Health Centre.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Melinda James on the opening of the Shellharbour Medicare Urgent Care Clinic,

The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Shellharbour with the opening of the Shellharbour Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bridget Brennan about bulk billing investment; the Four Corners investigation into Dr Simon Gordon; and ISIS brides.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo on Medicare investment.