Assistant Minister McBride's media

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.

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.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Leon Compton on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; bulk billing; funding for regional health doctors.

People in Burnie and the surrounding region are set to have much improved access to doctors with an extra 20 medical students a year to train locally.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech for the graduating College of Health, Medicine, and Wellbeing students at the University of Newcastle.

The Australian Government is investing close to $8 million to support innovative healthcare trials in rural and remote Australia.

The Australian Government is delivering on another election commitment, with new incentives to encourage more doctors with advanced skills to work in regional, rural and remote Australia.

An extra 160 medical students each year will begin end-to-end rural medical training at six new medical school programs in rural communities, thanks to a $90 million investment from the Australian Government.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the Rural GPs Conference in Coogee.

Communities in the Goldfields region are set to benefit from improved health care following Australian Government investment in local health education and clinical training.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the Rural Medicine Australia Conference 2023 in Hobart

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

Universities can now apply for additional Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) for rural-trained medical students, as well as capital funding for new regional training facilities.

The Australian Government is providing $8.3 million to improve training opportunities for specialist doctors in regional Australia through round two of the Flexible Approach to Training in Expanded Settings (FATES) program

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride at the Tasmanian Rural Health Conference in Devonport, Tasmania, on 13 May 2023.

The Australian Government is investing $5.4 million to expand medical transport and specialist outreach clinics for people living in rural and remote areas of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Read the radio interview of Assistant Minister McBride and Charlie McKillop on regional GPs; top of scope trials; Townsville University Hospital.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on what the Australian Government is doing to address the health workforce shortage in rural and regional areas and HELP debt.

Every Australian, no matter their postcode, deserves quality affordable health care, but it is no secret that rural Australians are finding it more difficult to find a bulk billing doctor.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop on what the Australian Government is doing to address the health workforce shortage in regional and rural areas.

A world first guide addressing the unique demands and challenges for Registered Nurses in rural and regional Australia has been released today.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop in Cairns on JCU medical cohort; rural practitioners; rural and regional primary care.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the JCU Medical Program welcome event in Cairns.

Addressing health care inequities faced by regional, rural and remote communities across New South Wales was a key focus of the Australian-NSW Government Bilateral Regional Health Forum held in Tamworth today.

The Australian-NSW Government Bilateral Regional Health Forum was held in Tamworth today.