Ministers' media centre

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference about Women’s Health Week; and healthcare funding for Australian women.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sarah about Digital Duty of Care draft bill, illicit vapes and tobacco, veterans’ healthcare, superannuation, migration, and Women’s Health Week..

More than one million Australian women have accessed cheaper medicines for contraception, endometriosis and menopause thanks to the Australian Government’s landmark nearly $800 million Women’s Health Package.

The Albanese Labor Government is expanding access to free mental health care in Western Australia, with a major upgrade to services in Perth's east and a brand-new centre for Perth's growing northern suburbs.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Jaynie Seal on digital duty of care legislation; social media reform and world suicide prevention day.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference tobacco, aged care and private health insurance.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Natalie Barr on social media; aged care.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Tom Connell on private health insurance, aged care waitlist, and digital duty of care legislation.

The Australian Government is delivering Australia’s first perimenopause and menopause clinical guidelines to ensure women in Australia and healthcare professionals have trusted, evidence-based advice to support this important stage of life.

Read the transcript of Dan Repacholi's interview with Richard King about Australian National Flag Day, WellMen Research Centre, Matt Canavan’s comments, men's mental health, online manosphere, and male teachers.

Read the transcript of Dan Repacholi's interview with Kylie Morris on the WellMen centre.

The Australian Government is investing $3 million to support the mental health and wellbeing of boys and men, by backing new research from Flinders University that responds to significant gaps in evidence and support for boys’ and men’s mental health.

The Australian Government is continuing to support the aged care sector to deliver better quality care for older Australians, with increases to vital funding taking effect in the coming weeks.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference at the opening of Northern Adelaide Medicare Mental Health Centre & Kids Hub.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Jules Schiller and Sonya Feldhoff on the new North Adelaide Medicare Mental Health Centre & Kids Hub.

The Australian Government is delivering free mental health care across the lifespan for Australians – with two new centres officially opening in South Australia.

Australians will be better supported to find, understand and use reliable health information, with the first National Health Literacy Framework launched today at the University of Sydney.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview about the launch of the Health Literacy Framework.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Sarah Dingle about the proposed ban on pornographic content depicting strangulation, national perimenopause and menopause campaign, and proposed veterans’ allied health services cap.

The Australian Government is providing $46.5 million over five years (2027-28 to 2031-32) to further expand the highly regarded McGrath Foundation Cancer Care Nurse service to include prostate cancer nurses from 1 July 2027.

Australians are invited to help shape proposed changes to how people access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Special Envoy for Men's Health Dan Repacholi's press conference on the McGrath Foundation adding prostate cancer nurses.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on cancer treatment listed on the PBS; proton therapy; Phi rebate.

The Australian Government is continuing to deliver cheaper medicines with thousands more Australians to benefit from an immunotherapy cancer treatment on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

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