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Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop at the opening of the new Sunshine Coast Medicare Mental Health Centre in Birtinya

The Australian Government is protecting Australians against our country’s biggest killer – heart disease.

Sunshine Coast residents now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care at the new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Birtinya.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Sarah Howells on the opening of a Medicare Mental Health Centre in Birtinya; headspace plus in Maroochydore.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Ross Kay on Bundaberg Medicare Mental Health Centre

Wide Bay-Burnett residents now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care at the new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Bundaberg thanks to the Australian Government.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Leon Compton Healthscope; Hobart Private Hospital; dental.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Hamish Macdonald on Healthscope; NDIS.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos on Healthscope; private health insurance

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about Healthscope; NDIS; ADHD medication prescribing; and Bali detainee.

Read the statement on Healthscope, one of Australia's largest private health care providers, entering administration.

More than 1.5 million Australians have received free, urgent care at a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, without waiting hours in a busy hospital emergency department.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about 8.5 billion investment into Medicare; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; hospital funding; Donanemab approved by the TGA; specialist fees.

The Australian Government welcomes the adoption of the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech to the NSW Public Service Association

Read Minister McAllister's speech at the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Conference in Melbourne about becoming Minister for the NDIS and her hope to build a modern care economy.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the 26th National Suicide Prevention Conference

Read the statement on becoming Minister for Health and Ageing and Minister for Disability and the NDIS.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Graeme Goodings about re-election of the government; strengthening Medicare; funding for stoma patients; pathology; and Senate candidate Charlotte Walker.

With winter fast approaching, Australians are encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza to help protect themselves and their families from experiencing serious complications from these diseases.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on Illicit tobacco; US pharmaceuticals and the PBS; mental health and aged care.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sally Sara on ABC RN which covered tobacco, US pharmaceuticals and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, mental health, and aged care.

Australians with Cushing’s syndrome, retinal vein occlusion and psoriatic arthritis, leukaemia, and women needing contraception and menopause support will have access to new and expanded cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 March 2025.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jules Schiller on Federal Budget; illicit tobacco; mental health.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Will Goodings on Federal Budget; strengthening Medicare; SA hospital funding.