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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 2004
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.More services for remote Borroloola
A new multi-purpose service centre will make life easier for residents of the remote Northern Territory community of Borroloola, including those living with chronic kidney disease.Grants open to boost organ and tissue donation awareness
The Australian Government has today called for innovative grant applications to help raise awareness about organ and tissue donation.Ensuring First Nations children in New South Wales are school ready
The Australian Government is expanding the Connected Beginnings program, helping more First Nations children thrive in the crucial early years.The Australian Government investing in First Nations-led cancer research
The Australian Government is bringing together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and the research sector to conduct innovative, First Nations-led cancer research through a new grant scheme and a $9.6 million investment.Television interview with Assistant Minister Kearney and Melissa Clarke, ABC News - 10 October 2024
Read the transcript of the television interview between Assistant Minister Kearney and Melissa Clarke on the RACGP Report, social media summit, Opposition Party nuclear policy, China-Australia trade.Improving Australia's world-class healthcare in a changing climate
19 major organisations will work together to deliver action on climate and health.More women getting screened this Breast Cancer Month
The Albanese Labor Government is celebrating an increase in breast cancer screening rates this Breast Cancer Month.Government backs "Deadly Choices" preventative health program
The Australian Government is expanding the highly successful “Deadly Choices” preventative health program to improve the health outcomes of First Nations Australians.Supporting victim-survivors of FSDV in the Nepean Blue Mountains area
The Australian Government is investing $1.9 million to better care for victim survivors of Family, Sexual and Domestic Violence (FSDV) in the Nepean Blue Mountains area of New South WalesEnsuring our doctors can support victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence
The Australian Government is investing $4.3 million for a new program to ensure that victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence or child sexual abuse in the ACT can get better support.Ensuring First Nations children in Queensland are school ready
The Australian Government is expanding the Connected Beginnings program, helping more First Nations children thrive in the crucial early years.Providing health information for women and girls
The Australian Government is investing $3.6 million in targeted funding to enhance the health literacy, reduce risk and improve health outcomes for women who face additional challenges accessing health information.Public consultation on Australia's first National Nursing Workforce Strategy
The Australian Government has opened consultation on the draft National Nursing Workforce Strategy.
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