Ministers' media centre

More Australians with chronic heart failure will have access to subsidised treatment under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Tasmanians with the opening of an additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) in Hobart.

The Australian Government is working to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through six research projects that have all involved First Nations people.

A review into the BreastScreen Australia Program will ensure Australian women receive the highest quality breast cancer screening and information.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Scott Levi on the Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital; national skills agreement; fee-free TAFE.

South Australians will have better access to healthcare, with the opening of a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) in Elizabeth and the expansion of Healthdirect services to connect patients to General Practitioners.

Read Minister Butler's speech at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Conference.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Brisbane Southsiders, with the Brisbane South Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening on 23 October 2023.

The Australian Government is giving more families access to life changing gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The Australian Government is making it easier for Toowoomba residents to see a doctor, with the Toowoomba Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening next week.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the Rural Medicine Australia Conference 2023 in Hobart

The Australian Government is working to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through 26 research projects that have all involved First Nations people from the start.

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to make it easier for Canberrans to get the healthcare they need with Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs).

From 1 October 2023, Australians with cervical cancer, urothelial cancer and spinal muscular atrophy will have access to new or expanded treatment options through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Kieran Gilbert about the Voice referendum results.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to Queenslanders with a provider for the Murrumba Downs Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) selected, following an Expression of Interest process.

The Australian Government is funding ground breaking research that will revolutionise drug development for prostate and childhood cancer.

A fourth urgent care clinic will open in Western Australia next month with the Lagoon Medical Centre to be established as the Cockburn Medicare UCC, following an Expression of Interest process.

The Australian Government, along with all state and territory governments, have developed and endorsed a plan to build Australia’s mental health workforce.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Pantelis on taking pressure off hospitals; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; Ozempic; shingles vaccine free for 5 million Australians; veterans and My Aged Care.

The Australian Government is delivering on its election commitment to provide cancer survivors and their families living in northern Tasmania access to specialised support from a consultant nurse after their treatment has ended.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride and Tom Oriti on World Mental Health Day; National Mental Health Workforce Strategy; Voice to Parliament.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference in Orange on First Nations health; Voice to Parliament; listening driving better solutions; World Mental Health Day.

From 1 November, older Australians will have free access to the best protection against shingles through one of the most comprehensive and widely available vaccination programs in the world.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on making the shingles vaccine free for 5 million Australians.