The Turnbull Government will invest $640 million to support Australia’s world-leading health and medical researchers as they continue their work in the laboratory, clinic and the community to find the next major medical breakthrough. Cancer research continues to be a major priority for the Turnbull Government with $109 million allocated to projects for research into…
A new medicine to treat soft tissue sarcoma will be available through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from today, giving more than 100 Australians a year access to affordable life-improving treatment. Eribulin (Halaven®) provides eligible patients with an alternative treatment to currently listed medicines. It works by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. The independent…
Up to 65,000 Australians will soon be receiving improved care for their ongoing chronic conditions, with the expansion of the Turnbull Government’s trial of Health Care Homes. An additional 168 general practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) will offer Health Care Home services from today, building on the 22 clinics already in the…
Federal Member for Flinders, Greg Hunt MP, says a new, free support network is now available to stand up for the rights older people in need in the local community. “The Turnbull Government understands that, from time to time, older people, their families and carers need help to navigate their legal and aged care…
The Turnbull Government will provide more than $53 million for new research into better treatments, prevention and care for Australian patients facing mental health challenges. A total of 47 projects will be funded across Australia to support some of our nation’s brightest researchers. With four million Australians experiencing some form of mental illness each year,…
More Australian patients are visiting their GP without having to pay, with the bulk billing rate for the September quarter increasing to a record 85.9 per cent. This is the highest bulk billing rate ever achieved for a September quarter – and significantly higher than Labor’s 82.2% when they were last in Government. The Turnbull…
Kristina Keneally has serious questions to answer about her claims regarding Medicare. Official data from the Department of Human Services shows that in the week before the October long weekend, not a single person waited over an hour at the Ryde Service Centre in the week that Kristina Keneally claimed she had an hour’s wait. …
Federal Member for Flinders, Greg Hunt MP, was thrilled to announce that Cerberus Cottage is set to receive more than $20,000 as part of the Federal Government’s $1 million Family Support Funding Program. The community grants are awarded to not-for-profit incorporated community groups that support Defence families. Minister Hunt said Cerberus Cottage Family & Friends…
Federal Member for Flinders, Greg Hunt MP and Minister for Communications, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, have welcomed the commencement of the Coalition’s Priority Locations Round of the Mobile Black Spot Program, which will provide new or improved mobile coverage to multiple locations in the Flinders electorate The Coalition Government has committed $60 million to…
E&OE… Topics: Launch of new movement guidelines for babies and young children, Parliament, tax cuts GREG HUNT: I’m really delighted to be here at the Capital Hill Child Care Centre with Professor Tony Okely from the University of Wollongong. Tony is one of the…