The Hon Emma McBride MP

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 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 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.

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.

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

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's doorstop at the Thompson Institute on the opening of the first National PTSD Research Centre; investment in better models of care.

A redesigned program to help young people with complex mental health was officially launched by the Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Emma McBride.

A new national research centre dedicated to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was officially opened today on the Sunshine Coast.

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