Australia Launches National Preventive Health Strategy

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   The Morrison Government has today launched the National Preventive Health Strategy, a 10-year plan to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians at all stages of life.   The Strategy seeks to improve Australia’s health system, fundamentally focused on…

Transcript – Press Conference – Melbourne

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   13 December 2021   PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE   E&OE…                       Topics: International border reopening, Telehealth, Omicron variant.   GREG HUNT: Good morning. I’m joined by Dr Karen Price, head of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and I want to…

Permanent Telehealth to Strengthen Universal Medicare

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   The Hon. Dr David Gillespie MP Minister for Regional Health   The Hon. David Coleman MP Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   13 December 2021   Permanent telehealth to strengthen universal Medicare…

Transcript – Press Conference – Melbourne

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   12 December 2021   PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE   E&OE…                       Topics: COVID-19 Boosters, 2022 Federal Election   GRACE CHONG:    Welcome to Mornington Village pharmacy. We are honoured today to have Minister Hunt have his Moderna booster shot here at the…

Human Biosecurity Period Extended

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   The human biosecurity emergency period under the Biosecurity Act 2015 will be extended for a further two months.   These arrangements, which have been in place since 18 March 2020 to protect Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic, will continue until…

An Early Christmas gift for Men’s Sheds Across Australia

The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   The Hon Dr David Gillespie MP Minister for Regional Health   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   The Morrison-Joyce Government is providing an early Christmas present to 166 Men’s Sheds across the country, who will receive a share of $500,000 to continue to support the…

National Study Confirms Importance of Mental Health Services

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   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   Initial results from the first national survey of mental health and wellbeing in 14 years has confirmed the growing importance of…

Transcript – Press Conference – Melbourne

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   8 December 2021   PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE   E&OE…                       Topics: Very Special Kids, Moderna booster shot, Omicron variant     KATIE ALLEN: Welcome to Higgins this afternoon on this beautiful afternoon here at Very Special Kids in Malvern, Australia’s first…

Better Access for Canberrans Seeking Mental Health Support 

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   Senator The Hon. Zed Seselja Minister for International Development and the Pacific Senator for Australian Capital Territory   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   08 December 2021…