The Turnbull Government will support Australians getting access to life-saving clinical trials and help find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). As part of the Big Freeze 4 fundraising event at the MCG, the Coalition Government will match donations, dollar-for-dollar, up to $2 million to invest in new clinical trials for Australians suffering from…
E&OE… Topics: Apology to the Katherine Mayor GREG HUNT: Good morning. I just want to address some comments in the papers last night. In December, I met with a delegation from Katherine. During the course of the conversation, I used strong language. I have…
E&OE… Topics; The listing of new medicines on the PBS for Australian patients GREG HUNT: Look, thank you everybody for joining us today at this magnificent Monash Health Centre. This centre is about saving lives and protecting lives and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is about saving lives and protecting…
Residents from all around the electorate of Flinders are being encouraged to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history this National Reconciliation Week and embrace the 2018 theme Don’t Make History a Mystery: Learn. Share. Grow. To commemorate National Reconciliation Week 2018, the Coalition Government is investing $3.6 million into Reconciliation Australia to…
The Turnbull Government has launched a new research hub focused on preventing anxiety and depression. The Prevention Hub is benefiting from $5 million in Government funding. It is collaboration between the Black Dog Institute and Everymind and brings together research, clinical education and policy experts to work on prevention strategies. The Hub will implement and…
E&OE… Topics: More medicines added to the PBS; Newspoll; by-elections; company tax cuts; reducing medical costs LEON BYNER: Greg, good morning and thanks for joining us. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Leon. LEON BYNER: Tell us about this COPD treatment. GREG HUNT: So, COPD is…
More than half a million Australians with severe breathing difficulties from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are set for a boost with the listing of a new medicine which significantly improves their lung capacity. COPD is a progressive disease which causes shortness of breath, coughing and excess mucus production. Patients describe their daily battle as…
E&OE… Topics: Announcement of a taskforce to tackle HTLV-1in remote communities. SABRA LANE: As AM reported last month, the blood-borne virus HTLV-1 has been found at astonishingly high rates in Aboriginal communities. There’s been a groundswell of global interest and advocacy since then to…
Families from Western Port, Bass Coast, Phillip Island, the Mornington Peninsula and surrounding areas are being urged to sign on and start their changeover to the Turnbull Government’s new child care and early learning system before its launch in less than two months. With almost 5,000 families in the electorate set to benefit from the…
The Turnbull Government will provide $8 million to form a taskforce, in collaboration with the states and territories, to combat emerging communicable diseases in remote communities including Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus-1 (HTLV-1). Led by the Commonwealth’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy, the taskforce will bring together Aboriginal communities, relevant health providers, researchers, clinicians and…