Research Funding Boost for COVID-19 Treatments

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   The Morrison Government is providing $5 million to researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne to find a new, effective and safe antibody treatment to combat COVID-19.   Antibody-based therapies are widely used to…

Celebrating 30 years of BreastScreen Australia

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   BreastScreen Australia is celebrating 30 years of service in the Australian community.   In just the six years alone between 2013 and 2018, BreastScreen completed around 5 million mammograms with approximately 44,000 cancers detected.   Australia’s survival rate following a…

A New National Approach on Suicide Prevention

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   Today, on World Suicide Prevention Day, the Morrison Government is recognising this year’s theme of ‘Creating Hope Through Action’ by establishing…

Transcript – Interview – Liam Bartlett, 6PR

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   9 September 2021   INTERVIEW WITH LIAM BARTLETT 6PR   E&OE…                       Topics: Pfizer vaccine availability   LIAM BARTLETT: The tit-for-tat over whether or not the Federal Government acted early enough to secure the vaccine deal for the country with pharmaceutical…

Transcript – Interview – Karl Stefanovic, Today Show

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   9 September 2021   INTERVIEW WITH KARL STEFANOVIC THE TODAY SHOW   E&OE…                       Topics: Compassionate lockdown exceptions, vaccine update, ALP accuses Government of dragging its feet regarding Pfizer.   KARL STEFANOVIC: Well, more now on those bombshell emails suggesting the…

Transcript – Interview – Sky News, Paul Murray Live

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   9 September 2021   INTERVIEW WITH PAUL MURRAY SKY NEWS PAUL MURRAY LIVE   E&OE…                       Topics: Support for Australians to return to their home states; COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout; Return to school.   PAUL MURRAY: The Federal Health Minister is Greg…

R U OK? Day More Important Than Ever

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   The Morrison Government is encouraging Australians to reach out to the people we care about for an important conversation about mental…

Labor Misleads on Vaccines Again

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   Contrary to Labor’s claims, the Australian Government was working with Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies from early in the pandemic on vaccine purchase, including direct discussions with Pfizer prior to them allowing formal commencement of negotiations.   Labor is again…

Transcript – Press Conference – Melbourne

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   7 September 2021   PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE   E&OE…                       Topics: Vaccination rollout; New medicines agreements with Medicines Australia   GREG HUNT: Good afternoon, everybody. And I’m delighted to be able to announce that over the course of the next week,…

Transcript – Press Conference – Melbourne

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   TRANSCRIPT   PRESS CONFERENCE MELBOURNE   E&OE…                       Topics: Vaccination rollout; New medicines agreements with Medicines Australia   GREG HUNT: Good afternoon, everybody. And I’m delighted to be able to announce that over the course of the next week, 1.7 million additional doses…