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Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference about the Apprenticeship Incentive Program and Bell Bay Aluminium.

More than 6,000 Gold Coast residents are expected to access free mental health care over the next 12 months following the official opening of the new Northern Gold Coast Medicare Mental Health Centre in Pimpama.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference about the new Gold Coast Medicare Mental Health Centre.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Nicole Dyer on the new Medicare Mental Health Centre in the northern Gold Coast.

Read the transcript of Minister Rae's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos on the Commonwealth Home Support Program, Support at Home and residential aged care.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference about the opening of the Bondi Medicare Mental Health Centre.

More than 800 Tasmanians have kickstarted their pathway to a trade, and with it a good, secure career for their future, backed in by the Albanese Labor Government’s $10,000 incentives for new housing construction apprentices.

The Albanese Labor Government is making sure ongoing access to free mental health support is available for the Bondi community, with the permanent Bondi Medicare Mental Health Centre now officially open.

Read Dan Repacholi's speech at the MATES in Construction Conference.

People with disability will continue to benefit from a strong voice to represent them to the Australian Government under a two-year extension to the Disability Representative Organisations (DRO) Program.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Oliver Peterson about NDIS Reform; dental health; Midland Private Hospital; and private health insurance.

Read Minister Rae's speech at the CHSP National Conference 2026.

Women’s experiences of cardiovascular disease have been put at the centre of discussions with clinicians and researchers. This is the second roundtable held as part of the Ministerial Expert Panel on Women’s Health that is initially focusing on women’s cardiovascular health.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on NDIS reform; allied health.

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

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Tom Connell on Medicare Mental Health Centres milestone; veterans allied health; gambling reforms.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Rory McClaren on aged care, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, Home Support Program, NDIS, Proton therapy, and private health insurance.

The Australian Government’s network of 8 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have made it easier for hundreds of thousands of Tasmanians to get free urgent care from a doctor or nurse.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference with South Australian Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Nick Champion, about affordable housing; proton therapy; hospitals; and bird flu.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview about Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

Read the transcript of Minister Bulter and Minister Rae's doorstop on extending the Commonwealth Home Support Program; IAT; senate inquiry into postpartum injury; melanoma vaccines

More Australians than ever are accessing free mental health support, with Medicare Mental Health Centres delivering more than 500,000 walk-in appointments nationwide as the Government continues to strengthen Medicare.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Minister Rae's press conference about extending the Commonwealth Home Support Program; the Integrated Assessment Tool; the Senate inquiry into postpartum injury; and melanoma vaccines.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop interview about the Australian Government delivering half a million free mental health appointments through Medicare Mental Health Centres.

The Australian Government will extend the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) to 30 June 2029 – giving 830,000 older Australians certainty about the services they use every day and supporting providers to continue critical aged care services.