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The Australian Government has released the final report of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review.

Australia continues to ramp up the fight against illicit vapes, with more than 5.2 million illicit vapes and vaping products seized so far this year. Of these, more than 2 million vapes have been seized since the commencement of the new vaping laws on 1 July 2024.

The Australian Government has opened consultation on the next National Nursing Workforce Strategy.

The Australian Government is calling for feedback on the draft National Suicide Prevention Strategy.

For the first time in Australian history, sporting boardrooms across the country will have to meet gender equity targets or risk funding being withheld.

Read the transcript of Minister Thwaites' speech to the UnitingCare Australia Leaders' Forum

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the PharmAus24 Conference at Parliament House.

People across North Queensland will soon have free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of the Medicare Mental Health Centre in Mackay.

Australians with Fabry disease, a rare genetic condition, and people with kidney cancer now have access to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The Australian Government is investing in the health of First Nations Australians with the opening of a new Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Melbourne’s north.

Women escaping family, domestic and sexual violence in the Illawarra will now have access to crucial new support, with the opening of a landmark healing and recovery centre.

The Australian Government is investing $34.5 million in research funding to trial new treatments and therapies aiming to harness the power of stem cells to improve patient outcomes.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with Mary Doyle MP and Dr Todd Cameron, which covered Victorian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, covering dental services through Medicare, the private hospital sector review, and Victorian hospital funding.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on 3AW Mornings which covered more Victorian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, dental covered under Medicare, and illegal tobacco and vapes.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Rafael Epstein which covered Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in Victoria, dental covered under Medicare, and illegal tobacco and vapes.

The Australian Government is delivering a further seven Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs) to give more Victorians access to high quality and free walk-in health care.

The Australian Government is funding a promising treatment that could effectively put rheumatoid arthritis into remission and eliminate the need for lifelong immunotherapy.

The Albanese Labor Government is today launching a $10 million campaign to encourage more women to get screened for cervical cancer and help Australia stay on track to eliminate the cancer by 2035.

Culturally and linguistically diverse Australians will have a say in national health care reforms through the Albanese Labor Government’s new National Multicultural Health Consumer and Carer Network

The Australian Government is helping older people in rural and remote communities stay closer to their family and friends by providing more residential care places.

The Australian Government is equipping Australian researchers to find new treatments and breakthrough cures with the power of data.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference which covered cheaper medicines, 60-day prescriptions, RSV and long stay older patients.

Thanks to the Government Australians have saved over half a billion dollars ($525 million) on the cost of their medicines.

The Australian Government is investing $60 million to bring together some of Australia’s best health and medical researchers to develop new solutions to significant health problems.

Australians diagnosed with a type of metastatic breast cancer will now have access to a life prolonging treatment under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 September 2024.