Assistant Minister Kearney's media

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Greg Jennett on the Voice to Parliament, vaping and Chinese trade tariffs.

Six recipients will share over $368,000 in Community Awareness Grants to boost awareness about organ and tissue donation and help highlight how easy it is for young Australians to register to become a donor.

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

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney and Adam Shirley's radio interview on new national Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinics.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on the new national Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Clinics, and regional and rural women's health.

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering Australia’s first Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinics across all states and territories.

Consultation on Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy has commenced to ensure our health system can meet the challenges of climate change.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's op-ed, 'What Women Told Me About Their Experiences of Medical Misogyny'. Originally published in Women's Agenda on 3 March 2023.

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.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Ali Moore on Silicosis/engineered stone ban.

Thanks to the generosity of 454 organ donors, and their families who said yes to donation, 1,224 Australian received a life-saving organ transplant in 2022.

Read the transcript of Minister Kearney's interview with Greg Jennett on RBA Governor, interest rates, Housing Australia Future Fund, COVID and aged care and vaccines.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech to the Ovarian Cancer Foundation's Teal Ribbon Breakfast in Canberra on the 7th of February 2023.

The Australian Government is taking action to reduce the rates of occupational respiratory disease in Australia and eliminate silicosis, an incurable lung disease caused by long-term exposure to silica dust.

Members of the new National Women’s Health Advisory Council have been appointed, bringing together diverse expertise to examine the unique challenges that women and girls experience in the health system.

The Australian Labor Government is investing over $24 million in health and medical research focusing on women’s health to develop targeted treatments and improve health outcomes.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech to the 2023 Senior Australian of the Year Lunch in Canberra.

As rates of blood donation lower, Australians are being urged to roll up their sleeves this festive season to save lives and donate much-needed blood, plasma and platelets.

The Australian Government is establishing a National Women’s Health Advisory Council to address stark differences in the health outcomes for women and girls.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the Health and Medical Research Awards in Melbourne on the establishment of a National Women’s Health Advisory Council.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's speech on the 10th anniversary of tobacco plain packaging.

The Australian Government is providing greater support to ease the heartbreak of stillbirth and miscarriage among higher-risk groups.