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Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Belinda King about Medicare Mental Health Kids Hubs in Tasmania

Tasmanian families now have access to free mental health support and care for their children at Medicare Mental Health Kids Hubs in three locations — East Tamar, Burnie and Jordan River.

The Albanese Labor Government has today announced the recipients of Round 2 of the First Nations Cancer Scholarship, which provides financial and wellbeing support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates undertaking further cancer-related postgraduate studies or research.

Twenty new medical students will start at the University of Tasmania’s (UTAS) Launceston campus this month where they will complete their entire medical degree, thanks to the Australian Government.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the Mundaring Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, Private Health Insurance, NDIS Reforms and the Thriving Kids Program.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference on Medicare Mental Health Kids Hubs.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Andre Leslie on mental health initiatives in Northern Tasmania.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Oliver Peterson on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, Private Health Insurance, Medical Specialist Fees, Eye Injections and the Thriving Kids Program.

After setting out clear expectations for the sector and asking insurers to resubmit their premium requests multiple times, the Government has approved an average premium increase of 4.41 per cent increase from 1 April 2026.

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

The Australian Government is delivering more support for Australians with cystic fibrosis (CF) with a new medicine listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Australians with chronic kidney disease and psoriasis will now have access to cheaper medicines for each condition, on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

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

National Disability Insurance Scheme participants are playing a lead role in helping design and test the new way of planning for the NDIS, with the first live testing of the new Support Needs Assessment underway.

The Albanese Government’s Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have recently reached several significant milestones in Tasmania.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference about Medicare Urgent Care Clinics and Health Star Ratings.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Kylie Baxter on FSANZ to mandate Health Star Ratings.

The Australian Government has today introduced legislation to help Australians find the best value when they need specialist medical advice and treatment, by fixing the Morrison government’s failed price disclosure tool, Medical Costs Finder.

The Australian Government will seek to raise a proposal at next week’s Food Ministers Meeting to mandate Health Star Ratings on food products across Australia.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on ABC Radio National.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on President Herzog visit, delivering a record jump in bulk billing for Australians, gun law reform, aged care.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference on family, domestic and sexual violence evaluation report funding.

Thanks to the Australian Government’s historic investment, new data shows Australians can now access over 3,400 Medicare Bulk Billing Practices across the country. The number continues to grow every week. Almost 1,300 of these practices were previously mixed billing.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with James Glenday on delivering a record jump in bulk billing for Australians, specialist fees and other business.

The Australian Government is investing $22.7 million to extend a national pilot program supporting general practices to identify, support and refer victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV).