Biography
Ged Kearney is the Federal Member for Cooper. Ged has served in the parliament since March 2018, when she was elected in a by-election. She is the first woman to hold the seat.
Ged is the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care and Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health.
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Television interview with Assistant Minister Kearney and Greg Jennett, ABC News - 5 December 2024
Read the transcript of the television interview between Assistant Minister Kearney and Greg Jennett on the shortage of hormone therapy treatment.-
CALD communities to have say in Medicare reforms
Labor is meeting the health needs of people from culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) through a $2.5 million investment to establish the Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative. 
Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in inner Melbourne
The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment and making it easier for Victorians to get the care they need by opening the Inner Melbourne Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC).-
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Doorstop - 19 December 2023
Read Assistant Minister Kearney's Doorstop in Carlton on Urgent Care Clinics, Medicare and bulk billing. -
Australian-first: meeting the health challenges of climate change
The Australian Government has launched Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy that is aimed at ensuring our health system can meet the challenges of climate change. -
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech - 3 December 2023
Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's speech on the launch of Australia's National Health and Climate Strategy. -
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care - speech - 3 December 2023
Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech launching Australia's National Health and Climate Strategy. -
HIV Taskforce report points way to end transmission of HIV by 2030
On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Australian Government has released the report of the HIV Taskforce -
Indemnity insurance restored for midwives delivering labour care at home
The Australian Government has restored the ability of midwives to deliver care to women who labour in their home before a planned birth in hospital. -
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care speech - 22 November 2023
Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's speech at the 2023 National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference