Ministers' media centre

The hidden epidemic of chronic wounds in Australia will be tackled through new initiatives funded with more than $3 million from the Albanese Government.

Applications for the Albanese Government’s $200 million Play Our Way program are now open – supporting local governments and community, not-for-profit and sporting organisations to deliver projects that make sport more welcoming and equitable for women and girls.

Australians living with essential tremor can now access Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) through Medicare, with the implementation of services funded through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

The Albanese Government is directing extra funding to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) to allow the iconic Australian organisation to deliver even more health services to Australians right across the country.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Greg Jennett on the National Women's Health Summit; End Gender Bias survey; UNRWA funding.

Read a transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's statement in Vienna, Austria.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech to the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event titled ‘End inequalities end AIDS – On the fast-track: Scaling up evidence-based services to address transmission of HIV, and viral hepatitis among people who use drugs’.

Today, the Australian Government has convened the 2024 National Women’s Health Summit.

South Australians will have more options for free primary health care as part of a new pilot program expanding the number of nurse practitioners working in GP clinics, which will also help ease pressure on busy emergency departments.

The Australian Government and Pharmacy Guild of Australia have reached a Heads of Agreement for an 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA).

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Assistant Minister Kearney and Sammy J on the National Women's Health Summit; End Gender Bias Survey.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's radio interview with Thomas Oriti on the National Women's Health Summit; End Gender Bias survey; rock collapse in Ballarat mine

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on empowering nurse practitioner care in SA; rural and regional health workforce; flu vaccines; RSV vaccines.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on National Women's Health Summit; End Gender Bias survey.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the National Women's Health Summit.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech to the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event titled 'On the road to 2029: How to accelerate our efforts to ensure safe access to essential controlled medicines for all patients in need while ensuring rational use and preventing diversion’.

The Australian Government is today releasing the Aged Care Taskforce’s Final Report, an important next step towards delivering a sustainable aged care system that provides high quality care to all Australians now and into the future.

Read the transcript from Minister Wells' press conference about the Aged Care Taskforce's final report.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's pre-recorded speech for the Preventive Mental Health Symposium in Melbourne.

Young people in Tasmania will soon have better access to mental health support with a new statewide early psychosis service and an additional headspace centre on Hobart’s eastern shore.

Assistant Minister the Hon Emma McBride MP will lead Australia’s delegation to the High-Level Segment of the 67th session for the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Kearney's interview on women's health and the end gender bias survey.

Nominations are now open for the Stronger Medicare Awards.

The Box Hill community will now benefit from a new headspace centre.

The Australian Government will today officially open a specialised Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain GP Clinic in Bendigo, Victoria, providing women with a one-stop option for diagnosis, intervention and treatment.