Assistant Minister Kearney's media

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's Doorstop in Rouse Hill on endometriosis; pelvic pain; women's health.

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.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's speech on making history by eliminating cervical cancer in Australia and our region.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop at the Australian Centre of the Prevention of Cervical Cancer

The Australian Government has taken the next step in fighting deadly occupational respiratory diseases like silicosis by establishing Australia’s first National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's Doorstop on bulk-billing; Urgent Care Clinics.

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.

The Australian Government is ensuring the next generation of lifesaving drugs and world-class medical treatments can be developed in Australia by launching MedChem Australia (MCA).

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on the Weston Creek Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

The Australian Government is establishing a National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health – which fulfils an election commitment made in 2022.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's op-ed published in the Women's Agenda on the 12th of October 2023

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

This Women’s Health Week, the Australian Government is urging women to share their experiences of bias in the health system through the first public consultation of its kind in Australia.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop on the call for submissions to women's health consultation during Women's Health Week.

Read Assistant Minister Kearney's address to parliament on Women's Health Week.

Women in Adelaide and Western Sydney will now be able to access specialised care at two new endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics which opened today.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's doorstop in Perth about 60-day prescriptions.

The Australian Government has highlighted its commitment to ending violence against women and children, by encouraging men and boys to champion behaviour change at the 2023 No to Violence Conference in Melbourne.

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

The Australian Government has new funding agreements with states and the Northern Territory to put hundreds more doctors into regional, rural and remote locations.

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

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 action plan launched today will improve the quality and availability of palliative care for infants, children and young people with a life-limiting illness.