The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care TRANSCRIPT 20 August 2021 INTERVIEW WITH NATALIE BARR SUNRISE E&OE… Topics: Vaccination target in Australia; provisional approval for vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds. NATALIE BARR: Well, Australia has edged closer to its 80 per cent vaccination target. More than…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE The Morrison Government is investing $79 million in medical research and innovation projects to develop new medical devices, medicines, and digital health technologies, which will benefit Australians who need them. Australia’s researchers are world leading, however many of their…
PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon everyone. I’m joined by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Health. I want to give an update on the operations of the airlift out of Afghanistan and also to report on a number of matters in relation to COVID pandemic management. The situation in Afghanistan remains extremely dangerous and…
The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE The Morrison Government is investing $2.4 million to help parents, early childcare workers, GPs and other health professionals improve the nutrition of Australian children up to five years of age. Our Government recognises the importance of establishing healthy eating…
PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon. I’m joined by the Minister for Health and the Chief Medical Officer. I’m also joined by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, and I’ll be making some remarks on the COVID situation very shortly. But, before I also do that, can I make a couple of remarks regarding the situation in Afghanistan. The…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care The Hon. David Coleman MP Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Senator the Hon. Sarah Henderson Liberal Senator for Victoria JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Young Australians across the Bellarine will now have easier access to…
PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, everyone. I’m joined by the Foreign Minister, the Health Minister and General Frewen, head of Operation COVID Shield. Before I come to the announcement today, I want to make a few remarks on Afghanistan. National Security Committee of Cabinet met yesterday to discuss a number of matters, this being the most serious…
MEDIA RELEASE Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Women, Minister for Health and Aged Care One million additional Pfizer doses will begin arriving in Australia from tonight after a significant agreement was reached with the Republic of Poland. The additional doses are on top of the 40 million Pfizer doses that Australia…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Government is providing COVID-19 rapid antigen testing (RAT) to residential aged care facilities in Greater Sydney, to further protect aged care residents, workers and their families. The program will begin on Monday, 16 August at the Uniting…
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE The Morrison Government has released the landmark National Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability, which aims to address the serious health inequities faced by people with intellectual disability. Compared with the general population, people with…