The Liberal National Government will invest $10 million in an advertising blitz to boost participation in the free and life-saving National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Cancer Council Australia will use TV, radio, social media and outdoor advertising throughout 2019 to help people better understand the benefits of bowel cancer screening and encourage more people…
E&OE… Topics: $1.45 billion to strengthen mental health services and support job security; national safety, Brexit. GREG HUNT: It’s great to be here at My Place in Pakenham with Jason Wood, the Member for Latrobe, Graeme Moore, the mayor of Cardinia, with Lucy Brogden, the chair of the National Mental Health Commission, Kiera…
E&OE… Topics: $1.45 billion to strengthen mental health services and support job security; vaccination – measles; Australia Day. DEBORAH KNIGHT: Now funding for mental health services will see a major boost with the government this morning announcing a record $1.45 billion for the sector over the next three years. Health Minister Greg…
The Liberal National Government will provide a record $1.45 billion for community mental health services and change the funding model to ensure security for both jobs and services. The funding will be provided through our Government’s innovative 31 Primary Health Networks (PHNs), which are independent regional health organisations that commission health services, including mental health,…
Sign the Petition! In 2016, after months of negotiation with the Victorian Government, $200,000 was committed for temporary upgrades to the Forest Drive intersection in Mount Martha. This funding assisted with preliminary works for immediate safety measures, however these interim works have not gone far enough to alleviate the traffic congestion and reduce the risk…
E&OE… Topics: $25 million for a new medicines discovery centre; Steve Martin – Seat of Indi; Third Runway at Melbourne Airport. GREG HUNT: I’m delighted to be here at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute with Professor Doug Hilton, the director of the institute, and the amazing medical researchers such as Helene Jousset,…
For the past three years, the sporting captains of Rye Primary School have been holding community events to raise funds to fix their basketball courts, which have a significant slope, large divots in the bitumen and only one drain, which constantly leads to flooding of the courts. This has led to numerous injuries, including broken…
Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, has called on the Victorian Labor Government to join with the local community to fix the deteriorating basketball courts at Rye Primary School. For the past three years, the school’s sporting captains have been holding community events to raise funds to fix the basketball courts,…
The Liberal National Government is providing $25 million to help establish a new national Drug Discovery Centre that aims to turn scientific discoveries into new medicines faster. The centre, at Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, will help bring lifesaving medicines to patients with the help of advanced robotic gear. …
E&OE… Topics: $47 million for headspace to support youth mental health STEVE PRICE: I think mental health of Australians is one of our biggest challenges. I spoke yesterday and again I mentioned it this morning – the mental health of our returned veterans. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a really huge issue,…