Ministers' media centre

Read the transcript of Mark Butler's interview with Sarah Abo on the Today Show.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Greg Jennett on the Medical Research Future Fund and Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop in Canberra about cheaper medicines and Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions.

There’s no question, the cost-of-living pressures are making it tough for Australians right around the country.

New research projects funded by the Albanese Labor Government will ensure better support for children with language difficulties, children with eating disorders, new fathers, and people at risk of suicide.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop in Canberra about cheaper medicines.

Negotiations for an eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) will soon commence.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop in Canberra about tripling the bulk billing incentive, strengthening Medicare and cheaper medicines.

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to residents of western Sydney with the opening of the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) at the Wentworthville Medical and Dental Centre on Station Street.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop in Canberra about strengthening Medicare, tripling the bulk billing incentives and cheaper medicines.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Ashlea Hansen on Sky News Breakfast about 60-day medicines dispensing and the Regional Pharmacy Transition Allowance.

People living in Perth now have greater access to free mental health care with the opening of two new Head to Health adult mental health services in Gosnells and Mirrabooka.

On World Breastfeeding Day, researchers from the University of Adelaide and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute will receive over $2.2 million to study the benefits of donor milk for pre-term babies

The Albanese Government is investing $148.2 million in regional, rural and remote pharmacies, as they transition to providing a broader mix of services and play an even more central role in the health care of Australians.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Conference 2023 in Sydney.

A high technology genomic profiling program supported by the Australian Government will examine new treatments for advanced and incurable cancers.

From Wednesday 26 July, people in Wollongong will have access to fully bulk billed urgent care, with a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening at the Corrimal Medical and Dental Centre on Underwood Street.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on the opening of the expanded cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; CAR T cell therapy; MRFF funding.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's speech for the Equally Well Symposium in Sydney.

The Albanese Government has provided $1.1 million towards development of a new scanner which could revolutionise diagnosis of deadly lung conditions around the world.

Hundreds of junior Queensland doctors will have the chance to undertake training in regional and rural areas in a boost to the local health workforce thanks to an Albanese Government program aimed at attracting doctors to careers in rural health care.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about the new cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines.

The Albanese Government has today launched the first major update to the cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines in over a decade, in a move that the Heart Foundation estimates could impact the care of 8 million Australians.

Young people and their families across NSW are set to benefit from wrap-around mental health care and wellbeing services with the announcement of four Head to Health Kids Hubs in NSW.

A permanent Head to Health adult mental health service will open in Parramatta today, ensuring locals have access to timely mental health information, services and support.