The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE 14 April 2022 Additional primary care support and services for homeless Australians The Morrison Government is providing $3 million in grant funding to Street Side Medics, who provide access to primary care services to some of our…
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 Terry Young MP Federal Member for Longman JOINT MEDIA RELEASE 13 April 2022 New permanent headspace satellite service for Bribie Island …
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care Terry Young MP Federal Member for Longman JOINT MEDIA RELEASE 13 April 2022 New funding for local drug and alcohol treatment services The Morrison Government will help continue the Caboolture region’s ongoing fight against the scourge of drugs and…
Labor continues to scrape the bottom of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Election barrel for health policy ideas, reheating and rehashing the Rudd Government’s failed super clinics announcement today. In Labor’s biggest health failure in Government, outside of refusing to list medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, super clinics were rejected by the AMA as bad medicine…
World-leading treatment, care and support for young Australians battling cancer is now a step closer, with the sod turned on the Sydney Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre site in Randwick. Funded in part by the Morrison Government, the $658 million redevelopment will house a state-of-the-art paediatric hospital and research facility, transforming child and adolescent health by…
Labor has again been caught out on health policy in the election campaign. Today’s announcement from Mr Albanese on Telehealth ignores the medical advice and risks rural health services. It comes after the Government’s reforms led to record Telehealth psychiatric consultations in January and February this year – up 33% prior to the…
In an embarrassing start to the 2022 election campaign, Labor has been caught out lying again when it comes to their record in health. During his appearance on Insiders this morning, Labor Deputy Leader Richard Marles made an astonishing attempt to re-write history, claiming that while in government, his party did not stop listing…
Leading Australian researchers will receive $15 million from the Morrison Government to determine the safety, efficacy and feasibility of implementing mitochondrial donation reproductive technology following the passing of Maeve’s Law. Mitochondrial diseases are genetic, often inherited disorders that are debilitating and can be fatal. In Australia, approximately one child each week is born with…
From May 1, the second, prescription-only, COVID-19 oral treatment will be available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for Australians at high risk of developing severe COVID-19. Paxlovid® (nirmatrelvir + ritonavir) is an oral anti-viral medicine which can be used by patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of developing…
THE HON. GREG HUNT MP Federal Member for Flinders Minister for Health and Aged Care MEDIA RELEASE 7th April 2022 Over $288,000 has been funded to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council to prioritise maintenance for local roads across the Mornington Peninsula, under the Morrison Government’s Roads to Recovery Program. Through the…