E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 response in Victoria; Royal Commission into aged care; COVID-19 vaccine. RAY HADLEY: I haven’t had yarn to Greg Hunt, the Federal Health Minister, for quite some time but he’s on the line right now. Minister, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning Ray. RAY HADLEY: In recent discussions with…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine; COVID-19 in the aged care sector. PETA CREDLIN: Some positive news, and Australia is on the cusp of signing a deal to manufacture a potential coronavirus vaccine on home soil. Health Minister Greg Hunt says he is genuinely optimistic a COVID-19 vaccine will be internationally available by next…
E&OE… Topics: Mental health assistance from Government; COVID-19 vaccine; health care in Victoria; Aged care sector assessments; State border closures; International travel. GREG HUNT: Thank you everybody for joining us today for the Australian Government’s briefing. I’m joined by Christine Morgan, the Head of the National Mental Health Commission. We know…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine trials; aged care outbreaks; NDIS. GREG HUNT: I want to give the Australian Government’s update on COVID-19 and the national actions to help prevent the spread and to contain the disease. In particular today, I want to note that at a time when the world has reached…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 vaccine; Inquiry into the Ruby Princess outbreak; Aged care Royal Commission; REFF in Victoria; State border closures; Rise in immunisation rates. KIERAN GILBERT: Let’s go live now to the Health Minister Greg Hunt who joins us via Zoom. He’s still in quarantine ahead of Parliament sitting. Minister, thank you very…
E&OE… Topics: New mental health support package; Aged care patients and workers in Australia; National database agreement; St Basils reopening; Mystery cases in Vic; Vic MPs returning to Parliament. GREG HUNT: Thank you very much to everybody for joining us today. This is a day when so many Victorians will be feeling…
E&OE… Topics: Reported estimated cases numbers in Victoria; Food distribution; QLD border closure; False details for the COVID-Safe register in NSW. NATALIE BARR: Live now to the Minister Greg Hunt. Good morning to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning Nat. NATALIE BARR: First to those dire predictions that the case numbers in…
E&OE… Topics: Increased COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria and in New South Wales, Aged Care, Contact tracing, PPE. GREG HUNT: Today is one of the hardest days in Victoria’s history. In terms of health for the families that have been affected, with the lives of their loved ones, or those that have been infected. In terms…
E&OE… Topics: Victorian outbreak; Victorian aged care outbreak; AUSMAT, QLD border closure to Sydney; Queensland teenagers. BEN FORDHAM: The Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt is on the line. Good morning to you, Minister. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Ben. BEN FORDHAM: Has Victoria lost control? GREG HUNT: Look, it is a…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; Aged Care response in Victoria; AUSMAT teams; Aged Care Royal Commission GREG HUNT: Welcome everybody. And I am joined today here at the site of the Victorian Aged Care Response Centre, a joint partnership with Victoria, by Joe Buffone, who is the Emergency Management Australia Response head and…