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Read the transcript of Minister Butler's and Senator Malarndirri McCarthy's press conference in Darwin about a new helicopter and jet for CareFlight.

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to residents of the South Coast with a provider for the Batemans Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) selected, following an Expression of Interest process.

The Albanese Government is listing a new form of fast-acting insulin on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 October 2023. 

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Mark Levy about diabetes medication Fiasp being added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The Gladstone community will have greater access to free mental health care and support with the announcement of a new Head to Health adult mental health service.

Assistant Minister Emma McBride will travel to Tonga this week to represent the Australian Government at the 15th Pacific Health Ministers Meeting.

The Albanese Government is upgrading My Health Record to ensure that when Australians get a blood test or other diagnostic test, the results are uploaded to their My Health Record so the patient and their practitioner can see the result, quickly and automatically.

Today a special medical retrieval plane, funded by the Australian Government, will join the Little Wings fleet dedicated to transporting seriously ill children in regional, rural and remote locations.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Tom Connell about the rural health workforce, investment in Medicare and rural medical training.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Matt Doran about the new Little Wings air retrieval plane, investment into rural and regional health and Voice to Parliament.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Laura Jayes about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament.

After a decade of inaction, the Albanese Government is today taking the next critical step in the fight against tobacco and nicotine addiction – introducing into Parliament a new generation of world-leading tobacco control legislation.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matt Shirvington and Natalie Barr about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament, and mental health.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Karl Stefanovic about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics and the Voice.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Michael Rowland about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament, and the Voice.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference about tobacco control legislation being introduced into Parliament, and aged care.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos about vaping.

The Albanese Government is committing to making sure that our hard-working and highly educated health workforce can work to the full extent of their skills, experience and training.

The Albanese Government is seeking feedback on the draft National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines.

The Government has appointed former Minister for Health and current Chair of VicHealth, Nicola Roxon, as the new Chair of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), as the Institute’s two-yearly report on the wellbeing of Australia shows a mixed recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read a transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's statement to the House of Representative.

This Women’s Health Week, the Australian Government is urging women to share their experiences of bias in the health system through the first public consultation of its kind in Australia.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on the call for submissions to women's health consultation during Women's Health Week.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's address to parliament on Women's Health Week.