5AA interview Leon Byner

E&OE…                       Topics: Knee MRI scans for over 50s   LEON BYNER: Now, older Australians – we reported this to you in the last day or so, older Australians denied Medicare rebates for GP-ordered knee MRIs from November, and people will have to wait months to see a specialist or pay up to $500 for…

Doorstop – Adelaide

E&OE…                       Topics: CAR-T leukaemia treatment; Action on silicosis   GREG HUNT: Today’s been a breakthrough day for patients with leukaemia. Australia now has the prospect of helping lead the world with a new treatment called CAR-T which cannot just keep patients going, but can potentially cure them.   With the support of the states…

5AA interview with Leon Byner

E&OE…                       Topics: CAR-T leukaemia treatment; private health insurance; SA health   LEON BYNER: Now onto a very exciting story. Cancers of many types are within our community, and they’re terribly unfortunate. We’re all scared of the word and for good reason. And I want to just talk about leukaemia for a moment, because if…

Today interview with Georgie Gardner

E&OE… Topics: CAR-T leukaemia treatment GEORGIE GARDNER: Well a revolutionary new treatment that has the potential to cure leukaemia might soon be available in Australia’s public hospitals. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt joins us now from Adelaide. Minister, good morning to you. This is really exciting, positive news. Just explain how this treatment works, if…

Speech to the RACGP GP18 Conference

E&OE…                       GREG HUNT: And thanks very much to Bruce (Willet), to incoming president Harry Nespolon, to Zenia for her work, to [indistinct] for giving people a sense of the future. That’s the reality that I look at and grapple with every day in talking with Karen, with Zenia, with Bastian (Seidel) who’s finishing. These…

Doorstop – Canberra

E&OE…                       Topics: Productivity Commission mental health inquiry; drug use; Bill Shorten   JOURNALIST: What will this review do that other reviews haven’t done in the past?   GREG HUNT: This is about saving lives and protecting lives. In particular, it’s about ensuring that we have the best international and domestic cases and a real…