Ministers' media centre

The Australian Government and Pharmacy Guild of Australia have reached a Heads of Agreement for an 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on empowering nurse practitioner care in SA; rural and regional health workforce; flu vaccines; RSV vaccines.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech to the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event titled 'On the road to 2029: How to accelerate our efforts to ensure safe access to essential controlled medicines for all patients in need while ensuring rational use and preventing diversion’.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's pre-recorded speech for the Preventive Mental Health Symposium in Melbourne.

Young people in Tasmania will soon have better access to mental health support with a new statewide early psychosis service and an additional headspace centre on Hobart’s eastern shore.

Assistant Minister the Hon Emma McBride MP will lead Australia’s delegation to the High-Level Segment of the 67th session for the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).

Nominations are now open for the Stronger Medicare Awards.

The Box Hill community will now benefit from a new headspace centre.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Rod Sparks on Mount Gambier's Medicare Urgent Care Clinic; Head to Health.

The Mount Gambier Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) is making it easier for locals to the urgent care they need when and where they need it and taking pressure off Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bension Siebert on vaping.

The Australian Government has ensured Australians get value for money from their private health insurance, with the average cost of private health insurance premiums rising at a much slower rate than the increase in wages, the age pension and inflation.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos which covered private health insurance premiums.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Chris O'Keefe on private health premiums rising less than other insurance.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on cheaper medicines; new medicines added to 60-day prescriptions; listing of Forxiga; heart failure; diabetes; ketamine.

Young people in the Hawkesbury area are now benefiting from a permanent headspace centre.

Australians with chronic heart failure now have access to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The Albanese Government is making medicines cheaper by doubling the number of medicines now available for a 60-day prescription, with an additional 94 medicines for stable, ongoing health conditions like diabetes, epilepsy, breast cancer and menopause now eligible.

The Australian Government has accepted the latest advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program for 2024.

Read the interview with Minister Butler and Craig Reucassel on the new influencer-led vaping campaign; next steps of vaping reform; snus; private health insurance.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Raf Epstein on the new influencer-led vaping campaign; next steps of vaping reform; private health insurance.

On Rare Disease Day, the Albanese Government has announced two more rare genetic conditions have been recommended by the independent group of experts for addition to Australian newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) and a new treatment option for infants with spinal muscular atrophy.

The Australian Government’s world leading vaping reforms are progressing, with the next stage of import restrictions taking effect from 1 March, as well as the launch of a government communications campaign targeting youth vaping.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference on vaping, private health insurance, tobacco and the Community Pharmacy Agreement.

The Tuggeranong community will soon have a safe place to access free mental health support, with a new Head to Health mental health service for adults receiving funding and set to open later this year.