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The Australian Government is making medicines cheaper for over a hundred thousand Australians living with type 2 diabetes mellitus and with high risk of heart disease through expanded treatment options under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered the decision to make diabetes medicine cheaper for hundreds of thousands of Australians.

The Australian Government, in partnership with Cancer Council Australia, are doubling down on efforts to reduce the number of Australians with skin cancer by investing $15 million in proven campaigns targeting at-risk groups.

More Tasmanians will be able to access free urgent medical care closer to home with the Bridgewater Medicare Urgent Care Clinic officially opening.

The Australian Government’s Medicare Urgent Care Clinics will this week achieve an historic milestone with 1 million free visits across the country.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on ABC Hobart Mornings which covered the Bridgewater Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, GP availability, dental, contraception, menopause, endometriosis treatment, Health Ministers Meeting, aged care home care packages and more.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Emma Rebellato on ABC News Breakfast which covered private health insurance and a million visits to Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview on Triple M Breakfast which covered the opening of the Bridgewater Medicare Urgent Care Clinic and dental.

Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference with Minister Collins which covered the Bridgewater Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, and GP access.

The Australian Government has released a historic document, the National Dementia Action Plan 2024-2034, marking our commitment to Australia being more dementia inclusive.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech at the opening of the Moderna Technology Centre in Melbourne.

Read Minister Butler's speech to the 6th Global Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Congress in Melbourne.

The Southern Hemisphere’s only mRNA manufacturing facility has opened in Victoria – backed by the Australian and Victorian Governments – ensuring world-class mRNA vaccines and medicines can be made in Australia and creating hundreds of jobs.

Read Minister Butler's speech to the NACCHO conference in Canberra

The Australian Government has appointed the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Council for 2024 to 2027.

The Australian Government is delivering for residents in Lake Macquarie and Newcastle with the opening of the Charlestown Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

The Goodna and Oxley Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are now open so more Queenslanders can access free urgent care closer to home.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with David Bevan on endometriosis treatment added to the PBS; new Aged Care Act; My Aged Care; hospital wait times; improvement in Australia's healthcare system; COVID vaccine access; district priority areas.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Greg Jennett on endometriosis treatment added to the PBS, healthcare costs and medicine shortages.

Endometriosis treatment now cheaper.

For the first time in three decades, women living with endometriosis will now have access to a new treatment on the PBS.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's speech at World Aids Day Parliamentary Breakfast.

On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Australian Government has launched the 9th National HIV Strategy to virtually eliminate HIV transmission in Australia by 2030.

The Albanese Government is supporting the next phase of the search for a cure for Type 1 Diabetes through a $50.1 million investment in the Australian Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network (T1DCRN), delivered through the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Australia.

Read Minister Butler's address to Kids in the House 2024.