The Liberal Government will provide over $65 million in competitive research grants to Australia’s best and brightest researchers to unlock the power of personalised medicine through genomics and potentially find cures for cancer, children’s illnesses and diseases with low survival rates. Genomics means that each patient will have their particular disease individually tested through what is…
The Liberal National Government will invest $42 million as part of a $65 million package to deliver greatly improved health outcomes for Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. This is part of the Morrison Government’s Victorian Health and Medical Research Plan. The Australian Government will invest: $32 million for the Peninsula Health-Monash University…
A new Health Funding Facts website has been launched to help families and communities see how they are benefiting from the Liberal National Government’s strong track record on guaranteeing essential health services for all Australians. www.health.gov.au/health-funding-facts is a one-stop-shop enabling Australians to access data on how the Morrison Government is investing in: Record…
The Morrison Government is investing almost half a billion dollars to deliver world-leading cancer treatment for Australian patients, extra hospital infrastructure, more mental health services and new medical research projects. The $496 million investment backs Victoria’s position as a global leader in health and medical research and provides new support for patients while creating Australian jobs. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said $80 million would help…
Labor is clearly a medi-fraud with their latest claims today. Labor started the freeze and we ended it. Labor stopped listing medicines whereas we have guaranteed the listing of medicines. Embarrassingly for Mr Shorten we ended the Medicare freeze which Labor introduced. Labor introduced the Medicare indexation freeze in 2013; the Liberal National…
The Morrison Coalition Government has boosted funding for grants from the Safer Communities Fund following the terrible terrorist attack in New Zealand. “Religious and community organisations and schools on the Mornington Peninsula can apply for funding to increase security at their premises from this week,” the Federal member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt…
Tradies in Victoria will have more services to assist them in improving their mental health, thanks to the Morrison Government. The Liberal National Government will invest $2 million through the North Western Melbourne and South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Networks (NWMPHN and SEMPHN) to fund two Hope Assistance Local Tradies (HALT) suicide prevention community…
Major local roads on the Mornington Peninsula have been left off the table following Labor’s recent infrastructure announcement for Victoria. While in the seat of Holt, Victorian and Federal Labor announced eight projects to help improve traffic flow in South East Melbourne but ignored the critical Peninsula priorities. Federal Member for Flinders, the…
One month on from the Federal Liberal National Government’s $3.3 million investment into mental health on the Southern Peninsula, the Victorian Labor Government continues to break their promise to match Federal funding. In February, the Australian Government delivered $3.3 million into local projects to improve mental health on the Peninsula, including: $1.5 million…
The Liberal National Government is providing almost $25 million so Australians with cancer and rare diseases have access to clinical trials no matter where they live including regional and remote Victoria. Patients with poor access to clinical trial programs don’t always gain early access to breakthroughs in medical treatment that can be life-saving. …