E&OE… Topics: New social distancing restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus; medical industry preparedness; schools. ALLISON LANGDON: And the Health Minister, Greg Hunt, joins us now from Canberra. Minister, thanks for your time this morning. I mean, if you listen to that message there it is a dire warning, isn’t…
E&OE… Topics: New social distancing restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus; schools; border closure; testing NATALIE BARR: Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt joins us now from Canberra. Would these new measures have been brought in today if the states hadn’t actually pushed for them? GREG HUNT: Good morning. Well, what we’ve…
E&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; Testing figures; $13m MRFF funding announcement; $2m Doherty Institute funding announcement; University of Queensland research; Bondi Beach, Ruby Princess cruise ship; travel bans; stimulus package. GREG HUNT: Around the world there are now over 253,000 cases and, sadly, 11,000 lives have been lost. In Australia the latest update…
E&OE… Topics: Update on Government’s coronavirus measures; flattening the curve; ICU beds; medical equipment; schools CHRISSIE SWAN: Hello, Greg. Thank you so much for joining us, Mr Hunt. GREG HUNT: Good morning. CHRISSIE SWAN: The Honourable Mr Hunt. GREG HUNT: Yes. Good morning everybody. CHRISSIE SWAN: We’ve got so…
E&OE… Topics: update on Government’s coronavirus measures; border closure; testing; telehealth; measures to prevent medicine hoarding NATALIE BARR: Let’s get more on the Government’s tough new virus measures. For more, I’m joined by Greg Hunt. Thanks for your time this morning, Minister. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Nat. NATALIE BARR: We’ve…
E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; Testing kits; Fever clinics; Medicine shortage; DEBORAH KNIGHT: I cannot believe what’s happening in this country right now. We’ve got panic buying. We’ve got hoarding. My chicken man that I told you about, overwhelmed with orders for birds and chook feed. And now, people are stripping the shelves…
E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; schools; food supply PETER OVERTON: With a sixth death today in Australia the Prime Minister has certainly taken the helm on battling the corona outbreak. But he is not a one-man band and right beside him is Health Minister, Greg Hunt. I spoke to him earlier, and began…
E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; 97,000 new testing kits; guidelines on testing; indoor gatherings; schools; AFL. TOM ELLIOTT: Alright, as promised, our next guest is the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Mr Hunt, good afternoon. GREG HUNT: Good afternoon, Tom. TOM ELLIOTT: Well, I know you’re extraordinarily busy, so I do…
E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; food supplies; caring for our vulnerable MICK MOLLOY: That’s probably the most important hit-out we’ve had from the Prime Minister so far, pretty much a laying down the law address, and to talk through that and other issues we have Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, on the line now. I should…
E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus test updates; Travel advice and border closures; 97,000 new testing kits; Testing criteria; School closures; Mass gatherings; Liberal Party donor tested positive; Has Minister Hunt been tested? SABRA LANE: The World Health Organization is encouraging countries to test, test, test, yet until now, Australia has strictly limited tests to people…