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Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference – 9 February 2025
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference with Minister Gallagher, Assistant Minister Kearney and Senator for SA Marielle Smith on the government's $500 million investment in women’s health; bulk-billing rates; hormone therapy; Michaelia Cash’s comments and women’s sport.ABC News Weekend Breakfast interview with Assistant Minister Kearney - Sunday, 9 February 2025
Read the transcript of the Assistant Minister Kearney discussing changes to women’s healthcare surrounding contraceptives and menopauseAustralian Government strengthening Medicare with over $500 million for women's health
The Australian Government is building Australia’s future and strengthening Medicare, today announcing $573.3 million to deliver more choice, lower costs and better health care for women.Australian Law Reform Commission to review Australia’s human tissue laws
The Australian Government has asked the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to review human tissue laws across Australia.$11 Million to Fill Gap in Australian Health and Climate Research
The Australian Government is investing almost $11 million to build Australian research capacity in climate change and related health impacts under the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2024 Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into climate-related health impacts and effectiveOrgan donation awareness grant recipients announced
This year, 11 new DonateLife community partners will share in over $600,000 in grants to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation to ensure more Australians can receive a life-saving transplant.More Nurses, Sooner: Removing Red Tape for Record Numbers of Nurses Moving to Australia
A record number of nurses are joining the Australian health workforce from overseas, with 16,622 internationally qualified nurses registering to practise here in the past financial year – three times more than the 5,610 nurses that joined in the final year before COVID (2018/19).$440 million to grow in-home aged care where it's needed most
The Australian Government is investing more than $440 million to support more older people to stay independent at home and in their communities for longer.Additional funding to continue work of the National Women's Health Advisory Council
Improving the health care system for women and girls is a priority of the Australian Government, and the National Women’s Health Advisory Council is key in achieving this.Staff housing in Wiluna complete
Ngangganawili Aboriginal Health Service (NAHS) in Wiluna, remote Western Australia, will enhance care for nearly 1,000 patients with the addition of three staff housing units.A better way: suicide prevention in First Nations communities
The Australian Government, in partnership with Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia, are today launching the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035.'System-Wide' Change: 10-Year Action Plan for better LGBTIQA+ health
The Australian Government has today released an Australian-first roadmap to improve the health and wellbeing of the LGBTIQA+ community.Empowering communities: funding available for groups supporting people with cancer
The Australian Government today announced the latest round of funding to help community-based and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups support Australians affected by cancer.Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech – 3 December 2024
Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Members National Conference in Canberra.New focus for research on health and climate change
The Australian Government has published a new report on Australian climate change and health research, which outlines existing knowledge, identifies gaps, and makes recommendations about future climate and health research priorities.Have your say on Australia's STI strategy
Australians can now have a say on the draft strategy towards achieving a first class public sexual health and primary healthcare system by 2030.Supporting action on climate change and health in the Pacific and South East Asia
The Australian Government is making a multimillion-dollar investment and partnering with countries in the Pacific region to address the health impacts of climate change.First year of Medicare data shows welcome increase to bulk billing in regional Victoria
Medicare billing data shows the Albanese Government’s record investment to strengthen Medicare one year ago has revived bulk billing, with Australians in regional Victoria having an additional 585,900 free visits to the GP in the past year.More dialysis units for remote communities
Dialysis will be made available in more remote locations to allow First Nations people to stay closer to home and on Country during treatment for end-stage kidney disease.Building a world leading organ donation, retrieval and transplantation sector
More Australians will have access to a life-saving transplant with a new strategy laying out the steps for Australia to become a world-leader in organ donation, retrieval, and transplantation.Minister Butler and Assistant Minister Kearney, press conference – 30 October 2024
Read the transcript from the joint press conference with Minister Butler and Assistant Minister Kearney, which covered nurses and midwives providing Medicare Services.Patients benefit from historic change to Medicare that elevates nurses and midwives
In Medicare’s 40th birthday year, the Australian Government is making an historic change that will finally support nurses and midwives with some of the highest qualifications to independently provide Medicare services.
Add your organ donor card to the myGov app wallet
People can now add a digital copy of their organ donor card to their myGov app wallet for a new and convenient way to store and access this important document.Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care doorstop – 29 October 2024
Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Kearney and Minister Shorten's doorstop on integrating the organ donor card into the myGov app.New focus to boost access to healthcare for migrant and refugee women
The Australian Government’s innovative and successful Health in My Language program is entering a new phase – focusing on sexual and reproductive health for migrant and refugee communities.
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