The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care TRANSCRIPT 3 January 2022 PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE E&OE… Topics: new sotrovimab units; health programs; Indigenous smoking rates; vaccination rollout GREG HUNT: I’m delighted to be able to announce that the Australian Government has secured and purchased an…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE Many of us have New Year’s resolutions but the most important one all Australians can make in 2022 is to get any health checks they put aside during the pandemic. With the heavy focus on COVID-19 for the past…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care TRANSCRIPT 30 December 2021 PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE E&OE… Topics: Braftovi listing in Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, COVID-19 vaccination rollout, Rapid antigen testing GREG HUNT: …it can sadly lead to tragic outcomes. But with early intervention, we can make…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE The Morrison Government continues to make important, life changing medicines available to Australians at affordable prices through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), including a new treatment for Australians with bowel cancer. From 1 January 2022, Australians living with an…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care The Hon. Ken Wyatt AM MP Minister for Indigenous Australians JOINT MEDIA RELEASE The Morrison Government will invest a further $187.8 million in the highly successful Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program which is designed to reduce smoking in Aboriginal and Torres…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE The Morrison Government is investing more than $15 million in 19 innovative research projects that will drive better health care through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Development Grant scheme. The grants will support researchers undertaking health…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE The measures put in place by the Australian Government to protect remote communities in the Northern Territory facing a COVID-19 outbreak have ended. The determination under section 477 of the Commonwealth Biosecurity Act 2015 prevented people from entering or…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care TRANSCRIPT 24 December 2021 PRESS CONFERENCE CANBERRA E&OE… Topics: National COVID-19 vaccine booster rollout. GREG HUNT: Good morning, everybody. Good morning everybody. I’m delighted to be joined today by the Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly, and we’re…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care Professor Paul Kelly Australian Government Chief Medical Officer JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Australians who have completed their primary course of COVID-19 vaccination no less than four months ago, will now be able to receive a booster dose from 4 January 2022, providing…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care TRANSCRIPT 23 December 2021 PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE E&OE… Topics: National COVID-19 booster roll out, private health insurance uptake. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon, everybody. I’m pleased to be able to report that Australians are stepping forward in record…