Former Wallabies star Owen Finegan will join with Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt next month as part of the Minister’s 500km Walk For Autism. Mr Finegan played 56 times for the Wallabies, alongside 90 appearances for the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby. Finegan played a crucial part in the Wallabies 1999 Rugby Union…
The Morrison Government will provide $600,000 to the Miracle Babies Foundation to support families of premature and sick babies. Every year in Australia, more than 48,000 newborn babies are cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit or special care nursery. Of these, 27,000 babies are born prematurely and tragically, up to 1,000 babies…
Time is running out for local junior athletes to apply for round 2 of the 2018-19 Local Sporting Champions (LSC) program, with applications due to close on 31 October 2018 Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP has urged young athletes to apply for a Local Sporting Champions grant to help support…
The Morrison Government will support the St George and Sutherland Medical Research Facility with $4 million to further boost its important work to better understand the human microbiota, particularly our ‘gut health’. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs and Member for Banks David Coleman said this $4 million funding boost will help researchers…
Mental health care for young Australians is set for a $51.8 million funding boost. Federal Member for Flinders and Minister for Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, said the Government’s extra investment in the national network of headspace centres and the digital portal, eheadspace, means young people will have access to around 14,000 additional services…
New rules announced today will make private health insurance easier to understand and help Australians choose the cover that best suits them and their families from 1 April, 2019. The rules establish easy to understand clinical categories and a Gold, Silver, Bronze and Basic classification system. This is a no surprises approach that…
Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, has encouraged students, researchers and professionals in the community to apply for a share of up to $119 million in funding as part of the Morrison Government’s new Endeavour Leadership Program. Mr Hunt said applications for the program were now open and will close on…
The Australian Government will take sweeping steps to deal with the adverse effects of transvaginal mesh implants in its response to the Senate Inquiry. The inquiry raised awareness about serious and longstanding impacts reported by some women following mesh-related procedures. I acknowledge the strength of the women who spoke at the public hearings,…
The Morrison Government’s $125 million mental health research mission has made child and youth mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health, and eating disorders the priorities for its first round of funding. The Million Minds Research Mission, which was announced in this year’s Budget, will help an additional one million people be…
Schools and individual students from the Flinders electorate are invited to participate in the Parliament of Australia’s ‘My First Speech’ Competition. Students in years 10-12, as well as their schools, are tasked with writing a 3 minute speech about issues they are passionate about then record themselves presenting the speech on video. Winners…