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The Australian Government is working in collaboration with the Queensland Government to deliver greater access to mental health support and care with more centres scheduled to open across the state later this year.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about the New Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Tasmania and energy bill relief for every Tasmanian household and small business.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Leon Compton on the new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Tasmania and a social media ban for children.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Sabra Lane on mental health; National Early Intervention Service; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; increasing international doctors in rural areas.

Read the interview with Assistant Minister McBride and Sally Bryant on the Federal Budget; mental health; Wagga Wagga and Young Medicare Mental Health Centres; health workforce; Riverina bulk billing.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Caroline Perryman on the federal budget; mental health; energy bill relief; housing.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Nick Lowther on the Federal Budget; mental health; Dubbo Medicare Mental Health Centre; health workforce.

The Albanese Labor Government is continuing to improve our health system: strengthening Medicare, the heart of universal healthcare, easing cost-of-living pressures with cheaper medicines, and embedding new mental health services in Medicare.

The Albanese Labor Government has worked hard to improve the quality of life for older Australians. We have put nurses back into nursing homes, given residents more time with their carers, lifted wages in the sector and improved transparency and accountability.

The 2024-25 Budget is delivering on the Albanese Government’s promise to make it easier to see a doctor.

Women with endometrial cancer and people with itching associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) will benefit from new lifechanging medicines added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from May 1.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on strengthening Medicare; more Urgent Care Clinics; hospital funding; mental health; elective surgery waitlists.

More than $26 million will boost essential mental health and suicide prevention support services in South Australia over the next three years.

The Australian Government has listened to Australian women suffering endometriosis and complex gynaecological conditions like chronic pelvic pain and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

The Australian Government is making it easier for South Australians to see a doctor by attracting and retaining more doctors in regional and rural South Australia.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Michael Rowland and Bridget Brennan on historic Medicare changes for women battling endometriosis; domestic violence.

Read Minister Butler's interview with Sarah Abo on historic Medicare changes for women battling endometriosis.

The Albanese Government is delivering on the long-term call for Charles Darwin University to establish a medical school in the Northern Territory.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Pantelis on attracting more doctors to SA regions; historic changes to Medicare for endometriosis.

Read Minister Butler and Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on historic Medicare changes for women battling endometriosis; more doctors in Adelaide.

Nominations are rolling in for the Australian Government’s Stronger Medicare Awards.

Australians with different types of cardiomyopathies now have access to new treatments under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The Australian Government has appointed Dr Zoran Bolevich to lead the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

For the first time, the nation’s frontline health bodies have come together in support of the Government’s vaping reforms to prevent the sale, supply, manufacture and commercial possession of non-therapeutic vapes.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Minister Wells' press conference on peak health bodies joining the Government fight against vaping; aged care; AstraZeneca.