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Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Matthew Doran on vapes; access to DFMO.

Every Australian child and young adult with high-risk neuroblastoma will have free access at Australian hospitals to a promising medicine not otherwise available in Australia, known as DFMO, thanks to funding from the Australian Government.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with the New South Wales Minister for Health and Regional Health, the Hon Ryan Park MP, which covered vaping and free access to a life changing drug to treat childhood neuroblastoma.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Melinda James on his visit to Shoalhaven, the success of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, and aged care beds.

The Australian Government is delivering for people in south and south-west Sydney with two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC) to open in Carlton and Bankstown. 

The Australian Government is strengthening Medicare to deliver a better, fairer and stronger health system and responsible cost of living relief.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Angel Parsons on vaping.

Newly released data shows there has been over two million additional bulk billed visits since the Australian Government tripled the bulk billing incentive, with close to a million additional free visits in May.

The Australian Government is establishing two new independent peak bodies to represent people with lived experience of mental ill-health.

The Australian Government’s comprehensive health reform agenda is enabling Australia to meet key health challenges highlighted in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) Australia’s Health 2024 report.

The Australian Government is delivering for residents in southwest Brisbane with two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC) to open in Inala and Redbank.

The Albanese Government has established the role of an Illicit Tobacco and E cigarette Commissioner to further ramp up the fight against black market nicotine products.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on new world leading vaping laws; Illicit Tobacco and E-Cigarette Commissioner appointment; TGA regulation of vapes; drugs and alcohol in detention; aged care funding negotiations.

The Australian Government is investing $20 million to commercialise digital health research, taking it from the lab and putting it in the hands of patients and their health team, like using artificial intelligence to unlock the secrets of neurological disorders like multiple sclerosis and dementia.

The Australian Government’s world leading vaping reforms will become a reality from this Monday 1 July, after the unanimous backing of the Senate and the passage of the Bill through Parliament.

The Australian Government is unlocking the power of genomics research to improve early cancer detection and treatment, with more than $27 million for eight new projects from leading researchers across the country.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference on the Vaping Bill and pill testing.

Read Minister Butler's opinion piece on vaping reforms which was published in the Australian on 25 June 2024.

The Albanese Government is investing $16 million to support 11 innovative healthcare projects in rural and remote Australia that aim to provide a range of innovative models of care.

Record numbers of doctors, nurses, midwives and other health professionals are moving to Australia and working in the health system, since the election of the Albanese Government.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference on tax cuts for every taxpayer and $300 off energy bills for every household; the Opposition's nuclear power plan; record numbers of overseas trained health professionals; mental health investment.

The Albanese Government is investing almost $30 million in research into new ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve access to health services and ensure our health system remains world class.

Anita Hobson-Powell has been appointed the new Chief Allied Health Officer for the Department of Health and Aged Care.

South Australians living in the northern suburbs now have access to free, walk-in mental health support with a new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Elizabeth opening officially today.

The Australian Government has heard the calls for better support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), long COVID and related conditions, with funding to develop new Australian clinical guidelines.