The Australian Government will provide funding for registered nurses to undertake online education to enable them to re-enter the clinical workforce and assist with the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite swift action by Australian governments, the number of COVID-19 cases will continue to grow. It is likely that unprecedented demand for health care…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19m update; Telehealth; Infection control training; Ventilator units; Preventative measures; PPE; Communications campaign; stage 2 of shutdowns; anti-viral drugs; mental health; Regional and rural services. GREG HUNT: Professor Michael Kidd, Michael has joined the Chief Medical Officer’s team. He is a professor of primary care, he is the head of primary health and…
E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; testing; private health insurance premiums ALAN JONES: One other thing I’ll just say, and I don’t care if I embarrass Greg Hunt, we all got to bear in mind here these people are worn out too – they’re human beings. I mentioned about Gladys Berejiklian; she’d been on that bushfire front…
E&OE… Topics: Measures to contain the spread of coronavirus; School closures & online learning; Business closures; Public transport; Vaccination update TOM ELLIOTT: Well, as we know, the governments, state and federal, have taken some pretty tough measures in the past 24 hours to try and limit and contain the spread of the coronavirus. We’ve had…
We thank and acknowledge all of Australia’s vital health care workers for their ongoing commitment and dedication to providing Australians with the health care they need during this unprecedented time. The Government has been consulting extensively with the AMA, RACGP, ACCRM, RDAA, and other key peak bodies and members of the medical profession and health…
E&OE… Topics: New social distancing restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus; medical industry preparedness; schools. ALLISON LANGDON: And the Health Minister, Greg Hunt, joins us now from Canberra. Minister, thanks for your time this morning. I mean, if you listen to that message there it is a dire warning, isn’t…
E&OE… Topics: New social distancing restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus; schools; border closure; testing NATALIE BARR: Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt joins us now from Canberra. Would these new measures have been brought in today if the states hadn’t actually pushed for them? GREG HUNT: Good morning. Well, what we’ve…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; Testing figures; $13m MRFF funding announcement; $2m Doherty Institute funding announcement; University of Queensland research; Bondi Beach, Ruby Princess cruise ship; travel bans; stimulus package. GREG HUNT: Around the world there are now over 253,000 cases and, sadly, 11,000 lives have been lost. In Australia the latest update…
The Australian Government is investing more than $2.6 million in cutting-edge diagnostics research at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, to tackle the evolving novel coronavirus health emergency. The funding, from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), will be used to help maximise Australia’s capacity to test patients for the coronavirus. Four projects…
The Australian Government will provide $13 million to fast-track research into treatments for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) aims to support rapid development of safe and effective treatment options for COVID-19, and will be awarded via two open competitive grant opportunities: $8 million to identify…