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Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on cheaper medicines; hospital funding; Medicare regulation; long COVID; bivalent vaccines.

The Australian Government’s legislation, which will see millions of Australians pay 29 per cent less for scripts with the maximum general co-payment dropping from $42.50 to $30, has passed into law.

The Government today announced the appointment of Adjunct Professor Debora Picone AO as Chair of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review Reference Committee.

Australia’s aged care sector has been neglected for too long. This Budget takes the first steps to deliver on reforms to ensure older Australians in care are treated with the respect they deserve with a $3.9 billion package of reforms.

The Australian Government’s 2022-23 Budget begins the task of strengthening Medicare after a decade of cuts and neglect. This is a Budget for the health of every Australian. Overall spending on health ($104.1b), aged care ($30.6b) and sport ($633.5m) is $135.3b – up 5.7 per cent on last year.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on cheaper medicines; November PBS listings; Medibank data breach; the Budget; South Australian Government.

From 1 November 2022, Australians will have access to new and updated medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). These include listings for skin cancer, lung cancer and genetic disease X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH).

The Australian Government is investing more than $5 million in four research projects to improve the long-term health outcomes of people with intellectual disability.

Fifteen cutting edge medical research and technology projects will receive a total of $16.9 million from the Australian Government to accelerate their transition into clinical practice.

The Australian Government has announced close to $7.5 million funding to support research that will help prevent hearing loss and improve the health and wellbeing of those who live with hearing impairment.

Read the transcript of the television interview with Minister Butler and Sarah Ferguson on Medicare fraud.

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Patricia Karvelas on Medicare fraud, aged care sector and the StewartBrown report, and reintroducing bulk billed psychiatric telehealth consultations for regional and rural Australia.

Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler has issued the following statement regarding Medicare reporting.

The Australian Government is delivering on our election commitment to restore bulk billed video telehealth psychiatry consultations, through a $47.7 million investment in the October 2022-23 Budget. Joint media release with Assistant Minister Emma McBride and Fiona Phillips, Member for Gilmore.

The Australian Government has received advice regarding a national lung cancer screening program from the independent Medical Services Advisory Committee.

Read the transcript of the television interview with Minister Butler and Matthew Doran on National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) Investigator Grants; gender equality in medical research; COVID-19; vaccine uptake.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's and Senator Gallagher's press conference on the National Health and Medical Research investigator grants; gender equality in medical research; gender biases in the healthcare system.

From 2023, the National Health and Medical Research Council will set targets to award equal numbers of Investigator Grants to women and men in a new commitment to address gender inequities in research funding. Joint media release with Minister for Women, Senator Katy Gallagher.

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler, David Bevan and Stacy Lee on general practice; South Australian women's and children's hospitals and COVID-19.

Read the transcript of the television interview with Minister Butler, Michael Rowland and Lisa Miller on general practice; the Australian Medical Students' Association roundtable; removing red tape.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on general practice and reducing red tape.

Read the transcript of the radio interview with Minister Butler and Jim Wilson on Health workforce; overseas doctors; reducing red tape and the Moderna bivalent vaccine.

Today is World Mental Health Day – a day for global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy.

The Australian Government will invest more than $5.4 million in three ground-breaking brain cancer research projects.

Australians will soon be able to count on better care and treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) right across the country with the release of a new clinical practice guideline.