Assistant Minister Kearney's media

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 effective

The Australian Government is equipping Australian researchers to find new treatments and breakthrough cures with the power of data.

The Australian Government is investing $60 million to bring together some of Australia’s best health and medical researchers to develop new solutions to significant health problems.

Mums, kids and families are just some of the winners of the Australian Government’s investment in health and medical research funding.

The Australia Government is supporting babies with a peanut allergy by funding a groundbreaking new program.

Ground breaking ovarian cancer research funded by the Australian Government, will work to improve treatment approaches and increase the survival rate for women with ovarian cancer.

The Australian Government is stepping up the fight to find a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) with a multi-million-dollar investment. We are investing $2 million in 2024-25 to support innovative, safe, rigorous and high quality MND research projects.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Greg Jennett on the National Women's Health Summit; End Gender Bias survey; UNRWA funding.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's radio interview with Thomas Oriti on the National Women's Health Summit; End Gender Bias survey; rock collapse in Ballarat mine

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on National Women's Health Summit; End Gender Bias survey.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the National Women's Health Summit.

Thanks to the generosity of 513 donors, and their families who said yes to donation, 1,396 Australians received a life-saving organ transplant in 2023.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Kearney's interview on online health services and voluntary assisted dying laws.

The Australian Government is leading the way for Australia to become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer, with the release of the National Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer and a $48.2 million investment to support implementation.

The Australian Government is ensuring better health outcomes by giving all Australians the opportunity to be involved in safe health and medical research.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the launch of MedChem Australia.

Seven collaborative research projects will receive funding to improve pressing health concerns in Australia.

The Australian Government is developing Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy, to ensure the nation’s health system can meet the needs of Australians in the face of a changing climate.

The Albanese Government is seeking the views of researchers, consumers, industry, philanthropists and health service providers as part of reforming its investments in health and medical research.

Projects aiming to improve leadership equity in health care, mental health, children’s wellbeing and patient safety are among those awarded $7.9 million in grants for research conducted in collaboration with health sector partners across Australia.

$5.7 million in research grants has been awarded to four projects aiming to foster research partnerships between institutions in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region and improve health outcomes for chronic conditions.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's and Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on the 10 Year National Action Plan for the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ people; LGBTIQ+ Health Advisory Group; research funding for the LGBTIQ+ community; WorldPride; health disparities for LGBTIQ+ people.

The Australian Government has announced a new national action plan and a $26 million investment in health and medical research focusing on LGBTIQA+ communities at the WorldPride 2023 Human Rights Conference.

Read Assistant Minister Ged Kearney's speech at the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Warren on 10 Year Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People and $26 million funding for LGBTIQA+ health research.