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- Groundbreaking help for babies with deadly peanut allergiesThe Australia Government is supporting babies with a peanut allergy by funding a groundbreaking new program.
- Register as a donor today – lives depend on itThe Australian Government is encouraging more people to register as organ and tissue donors this DonateLife Week.
- DREAM Project: A new era in dementia respite careThe Australian Government has launched an $8 million education program to boost the capability of aged care workers to deliver high quality, dementia-specific respite care.
- Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care press conference – 28 July 2024Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on organ donation
- Transplant recipient kids urge Australians to get behind DonateLife WeekThis DonateLife Week (Sunday 28 July to 4 August), Australians are being asked to register as organ and tissue donors and be the reason someone else gets a second chance at life.
- Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, press conference – 26 July 2024Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's press conference on primary health care investments.
- Strengthening Medicare by building our nursing workforceThe Australian Government continues to strengthen Medicare by supporting Australia’s nursing workforce.
- Holistic recovery care for family, domestic and sexual violence victim-survivorsThe Australian Government is ensuring that victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) can get trauma informed and holistic care to support their recovery with a $67.2 million investment.
- Research to improve treatment and survival for women with ovarian cancerGround 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.
- New and expanded PBS listings for breast cancer, leukaemia and lupus treatmentsAustralians with early breast cancer, leukaemia, and types of lupus, and insomnia, will now have access to new and expanded treatment options under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
