E&OE… Topics: Pandemic plan for mental health; NSW easing restrictions; Possibility of a second wave in Australia; COVIDSafe app; Kawasaki disease. LEON BYNER: I have on the line the Federal Health Minister who has got some pretty important things to talk about today, Greg Hunt. Greg, thank you for joining us this morning.…
E&OE… Topics: Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health; JobKeeper; Businesses affected by COVID; Second wave; Antibody tests; COVIDSafe app download numbers; Josh Frydenberg. ALAN JONES: Look, he’s listening to me and I don’t care if I embarrass him, is Greg Hunt, who’s done a terrific job. This bloke is a very,…
E&OE… Topics: New Role Established for a Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health; COVIDSafe App; Josh Frydenberg; PETER STEFANOVIC: And joining me now is the Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Minister, good morning to you. Thank you so much for joining us. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Peter. PETER STEFANOVIC: So, first…
E&OE… Topics: WHO; progress in suppressing the coronavirus in Australia; the Government’s roadmap to recovery. KIERAN GILBERT: Let’s go live to the Minister this morning. Greg Hunt joins us. Minister, thanks very much for your time. You were quite blunt to the World Health Organization in terms of your difference, the Government’s difference of opinion…
E&OE… Topics: Convalescent plasma announcement; COVID-19 update; COVIDSafe app; National Cabinet; Melbourne meatworks investigation; Strathfield Council; New Zealand/coronavirus reporting. GREG HUNT: Thanks everyone. Welcome to the Lifeblood centre here in Frankston. It’s where they collect blood and plasma for the benefit of all Australians. As part of that, I’m delighted to be…
E&OE… Topics: Partnership with Minderoo Foundation to secure 10 million additional coronavirus tests; COVID-19 update; origins of COVID-19; Newmarch House; aged care funding; possibility of a second wave of infections. GREG HUNT: Look, I’m delighted to be here with Andrew Forrest who, of course, has been very successful in business, but his work…
E&OE… Topics: COVIDSafe app; easing of some restrictions in Queensland and Western Australia PETER STEFANOVIC: More than one million people have downloaded the COVIDSafe tracing app within hours of its launch despite fears that privacy concerns would discourage Australians from signing up. Health authorities are expecting more than half the country to install the technology…
E&OE… Topics: COVIDSafe app launch GREG HUNT: Welcome, everybody to this afternoon’s briefing on coronavirus. I’m joined by the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy; the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer of the Commonwealth, Alison McMillan; the National Secretary of the Nursing and Midwifery Federation of Australia, Annie Butler; the National President of the Australian…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; international travel; Bondi Beach re-opening LAURA JAYES: Let’s go live to the Health Minister, Greg Hunt, who joins us live. Minister, thank you for your time. First of all, could I ask you- GREG HUNT: Good morning, Laura. LAURA JAYES: If you have an update yet, overnight?…
E&OE… Topics: Elective surgery announcement; Reopening of restaurants and sports events; COVID-19 vaccine; Aged care restrictions; Social distancing restrictions; Malcolm Turnbull’s book. RAFAEL EPSTEIN: Greg Hunt is the Federal Health Minister, part of Scott Morrison’s cabinet of course. Minister, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: Good afternoon, Raf. RAFAEL EPSTEIN: How do people…