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The Australian Government will invest $120 million to establish the Northern Heart Centre in Launceston, delivering better health care for northern Tasmanians with heart disease.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Scott Levi on AFL, Central Coast listening tour, Medicare bulk billing rebates, vaping crackdown and the Royal Commission into Aged Care.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler, Assistant Minister McBride and Member for Robertson Dr Gordon Reid's doorstop in Gosford, NSW on healthcare on the Central Coast, cheaper medicines, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, aged care reform, dementia care, superannuation and other topics.

The Australian Government will increase the number of postgraduate psychology places at universities and provide more psychology internships and supervisors so Australians can access a psychologist when needed.

The Albanese Government has expanded eligibility for the free shingles vaccination program.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's television interview with David Speers on IV fluids, shingles vaccine expansion, menopause Senate inquiry, abortion access, IVF access, vaping crackdown, GP shortages and youth mental health.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with Member for Boothby Louise Miller-Frost on increased free access to shingles vaccine, beer excise, in game gambling ads and preventive health funding.

Internationally renowned Commonwealth Fund has ranked Australia’s health system as the top performing country in 2024.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Pantelis on aged care; bulk billing investments; taking pressure off hospitals; GP workforce; proton therapy.

South Australia’s strong enforcement has seen thousands of unlawful vapes taken off the shelves and out of the hands of young Australians.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Bevan on aged care reforms; taking pressure off hospitals; vaping enforcement.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Adelaide on vaping enforcement; taking pressure off hospitals; retirement villages; women's health; IV fluids; RSV vaccine and monoclonal antibodies.

The Australian Government has released the final report of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review.

Australia continues to ramp up the fight against illicit vapes, with more than 5.2 million illicit vapes and vaping products seized so far this year. Of these, more than 2 million vapes have been seized since the commencement of the new vaping laws on 1 July 2024.

The Australian Government is calling for feedback on the draft National Suicide Prevention Strategy.

Australians with Fabry disease, a rare genetic condition, and people with kidney cancer now have access to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

The Australian Government is investing $34.5 million in research funding to trial new treatments and therapies aiming to harness the power of stem cells to improve patient outcomes.

The Australian Government is delivering a further seven Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs) to give more Victorians access to high quality and free walk-in health care.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Rafael Epstein which covered Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in Victoria, dental covered under Medicare, and illegal tobacco and vapes.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on 3AW Mornings which covered more Victorian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, dental covered under Medicare, and illegal tobacco and vapes.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with Mary Doyle MP and Dr Todd Cameron, which covered Victorian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, covering dental services through Medicare, the private hospital sector review, and Victorian hospital funding.

The Australian Government is funding a promising treatment that could effectively put rheumatoid arthritis into remission and eliminate the need for lifelong immunotherapy.

Thanks to the Government Australians have saved over half a billion dollars ($525 million) on the cost of their medicines.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference which covered cheaper medicines, 60-day prescriptions, RSV and long stay older patients.

Australians diagnosed with a type of metastatic breast cancer will now have access to a life prolonging treatment under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 September 2024.