Assistant Minister Kearney's media

The Australian Government is delivering more nurses and midwives through a $28 million investment to build a new world-class Nurses and Midwives Academy facility at the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne.

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).

The Australian Government has opened consultation on the draft National Nursing Workforce Strategy.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the PharmAus24 Conference at Parliament House.

The Australian Government is investing more than $160 million in a tailored women’s health package to tackle gender bias in the health system, upskill medical professionals and improve sexual and reproductive care.

The Australian Government is investing in Australia’s health workforce by upskilling our nation’s nurses and midwives through a new $50.2 million scholarship.

Read the transcript of the radio interview between Assistant Minister Kearney and Tom Connell on budget measures for students in work placements and the health system

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on the Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program, paid placements, HECS debt

The Australian Government is supporting our country’s health workforce, with a new program designed to help Australia’s nurses and midwives deal with stress and burnout.

The Australian Government today launched the Stronger Medicare Awards, to honour those who have made a significant contribution to Australia’s primary care sector.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on Doctors for Yes letter.

The Albanese Government has brought together health experts to discuss the unique challenges facing the health workforce across the Northern Territory.

The Australian Government is providing $3 million for training to health professionals to better support workers affected by silicosis and other occupational dust diseases.

The Albanese Government is making sure midwives in private practice can continue to provide homebirth services by extending the professional indemnity insurance exemption until 30 June 2025.

A national first plan for nurse practitioners in Australia’s health and aged care system has been released to strengthen and enhance multidisciplinary, person-centred care in primary health.

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

The Australian Government has invested $25.2 million to establish and run the National Nurse and Midwife Health Service to provide peer-to-peer support and referrals.