Ministers' media centre

On the eve of World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, Australia’s leadership in the fight against smoking and vaping has been commended by the World Health Organization (WHO), with Regional Director Saia Ma'u Piukala saying “Australia's leadership in tobacco control is both commendable and inspiring”.

The Medicare Mental Health Centre in Cessnock is providing a safe and welcoming place for locals to get mental health information, services and support.

The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, will attend the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 May.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech to the Mental Health Australia Members Policy Forum

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jacqui Felgate on shingles vaccine; COVID; Ozempic replica ban

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's interview with Sonya Feldhoff on Singapore Airlines SQ321 incident; new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for South Australia; taking pressure off SA hospitals; medical student placements.

The Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Cessnock, NSW is delivering quality patient care while taking pressure off the local hospital.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on the Cessnock Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, Medicare Mental Health Centres and Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

The Albanese Government is working with the Malinauskas Government to take pressure off South Australian hospitals.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on taking pressure off SA hospitals; additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for SA; COVID variant; breast cancer screening.

More social workers, occupational therapists and psychology students and graduates are training and starting their careers where they are needed the most through the Australian Government’s headspace Early Career Program (ECP).

The Australian Government is acting to protect Australians from the risks posed by injecting potentially unsafe and dangerous compounded replicas of weight loss products.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bern Young on new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Gold Coast.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas on banning pharmacy compounding of replica weight loss medicines; ICC independence; social media ban for children.

The Albanese Government is delivering on its promise to strengthen Medicare with another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic destined for the Gold Coast, this time in Southport.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Senator Watt's press conference on new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Gold Coast; banning pharmacy compounding of replica weight loss medicines; ICC independence; taking pressure off hospitals.

The Australian Government is delivering for people in Northern Sydney with more access to fully bulk billed care for their urgent health needs, as the existing Top Ryde Urgent Care Service becomes a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic. 

The Australian Government is boosting support for the successful Rockhampton Medicare Urgent Care Clinic so more locals can get quality, walk-in and fully bulk billed care.

Central Queenslanders will soon have a safe and welcoming place when they need extra support with their mental health.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's interview on ABC Capricornia which covered Rockhampton's new Medicare Mental Health Centre, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics and the health workforce.

The Australian Government is investing $43.9 million to put Australia on track to eliminate transmission of HIV on our shores by 2030.

More medical students will be trained and encouraged to work in Central Queensland with the Australian Government investing $8.8 million to fund an expanded University of Queensland (UQ) medical school program in Rockhampton, in partnership with Central Queensland University.

The Australian Government is delivering another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Tasmanians so they can access fully bulk billed urgent care.

The Australian Government is delivering another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for WA with people in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs soon able to walk in for fully bulk billed urgent care from highly trained doctors and nurses.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Andy 'Tubes' Taylor and Kaz McMullen on the new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Tasmania.