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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Minister for Health and Aged Care and Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 1 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.Pathway to better health for LGBTIQA+ communities
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.Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care - Speech - 1 March 2023
Read Assistant Minister Ged Kearney's speech at the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference.Interview with Minister Kearney and Warren, Joy FM - 1 March 2023
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.Interview with Minister Kearney and Ali Moore, ABC Radio Melbourne - 25 February 2023
Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Ali Moore on Silicosis/engineered stone ban.Organ donation saves 1224 lives but more donors needed
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.Interview with Minister Kearney and Greg Jennett, ABC Afternoon Briefing - 14 February 2023
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.Speech to the Ovarian Cancer Foundation's Teal Ribbon Breakfast - 7 February 2023
Read Assistant Minister Kearney's speech to the Ovarian Cancer Foundation's Teal Ribbon Breakfast in Canberra on the 7th of February 2023.$3.9 Million invested to prevent and support workers with incurable dust disease
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.Women’s health experts appointed to tackle ‘medical misogyny’
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.