The Hon Emma McBride MP

The Australian Government is expanding access to free mental health care across the ACT, with a new Medicare Mental Health Kids Hub set to open in Tuggeranong.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Ross Solly on the Medicare Kids Hub in Tuggeranong, social media ban legislation, NDIS guidelines and anti-gambling laws.

Nearly 50,000 sessions of free mental health support have been delivered across Western Australia through Medicare Mental Health Centres.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the 2026 headspace National Forum about government investment into youth mental health.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Loretta Ryan and Craig Zonca.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Gary Hardgrave on youth mental health; ageing population mental health; Fraser Coast hospice.

New and expectant parents in Melbourne’s North West and South East will soon have access to free mental health care with Perinatal Mental Health Centres to be established in the Hume and Casey LGAs.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference about opening of the Perinatal Mental Health Centre at Berry Springs; mental health; and hospital services in the NT.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Adam Steer on the Berry Springs Gidget House opening.

Read the radio interview of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Katie Woolf about the opening of the Perinatal Mental Health Centre in Berry Springs; funding for NT maternity services; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; critical incidents in the Royal Darwin Hospital; and Darwin headspace Plus.