Ministers' media centre

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on the PBS listing for Cystic Fibrosis medicine Trikafta.

Australian children with cystic fibrosis now have access to cheaper medicines earlier under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) thanks to the Australian Government.

The Albanese Government is awarding more than $19 million to six research projects that use mRNA – the medical technology that underpins the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines – to find vaccines to prevent cancer and urinary tract infections.

The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to people living in Greater Queanbeyan, with the Queanbeyan Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) opening today, 24 July 2024.

Hervey Bay residents will be able to access fully bulk billed care with a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC).

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's radio interview on ABC Wide Bay Breakfast which covered the Bundaberg Medicare Mental Health Centre and the Hervey Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Residents across the Wide Bay – Burnett can access free mental health care at the new Medicare Mental Health Centre due to open later this year.

Nursing and allied health students as well as aged care residents at Illoura Village will benefit from the Southern Queensland Rural Health Education and Training Hub which was officially opened today in Chinchilla.

Illawarra residents will now have access to fully bulk billed urgent care from highly trained doctors and nurses, at the Dapto Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Cairns and Far North Queensland will have free, quality mental health services with 2 new Medicare Mental Health Centres being established.

The Sunshine Coast will have free access to quality mental health services with a new Medicare Mental Health Centre being established locally.

The Darling Downs and Southern Queensland will soon have access to free, quality mental health care and support with a new Medicare Mental Health Centre to be established in Warwick.

Residents in Muswellbrook, Scone and Singleton can now access free mental health care from the new Muswellbrook Medicare Mental Health Centre.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's radio interview with Amelia Bernasconi on the opening of the Medicare Mental Health Centre in Muswellbrook.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Heidi Murphy on vaping law enforcements; medicine shortages.

Associate Professor Antonio Di Dio has been appointed as Director of the Professional Services Review (PSR) to ensure integrity is maintained across the Medicare program.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Doran on vapes; access to DFMO.

Every Australian child and young adult with high-risk neuroblastoma will have free access at Australian hospitals to a promising medicine not otherwise available in Australia, known as DFMO, thanks to funding from the Australian Government.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with the New South Wales Minister for Health and Regional Health, the Hon Ryan Park MP, which covered vaping and free access to a life changing drug to treat childhood neuroblastoma.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Melinda James on his visit to Shoalhaven, the success of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, and aged care beds.

The Australian Government is delivering for people in south and south-west Sydney with two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC) to open in Carlton and Bankstown. 

The Australian Government is strengthening Medicare to deliver a better, fairer and stronger health system and responsible cost of living relief.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Angel Parsons on vaping.

Newly released data shows there has been over two million additional bulk billed visits since the Australian Government tripled the bulk billing incentive, with close to a million additional free visits in May.

The Australian Government is establishing two new independent peak bodies to represent people with lived experience of mental ill-health.