In a major boost for primary health care, the Australian Government is further strengthening telehealth arrangements as recommended by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and other medical experts. Under stage seven of telehealth reforms announced today, Medicare-subsidised telehealth services, introduced as a key part of…
E&OE… Topics: Hotel quarantine breaches; Melbourne lockdown; ICU in Melbourne; Use of masks in Victoria. PETA CREDLIN: Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt joins me now from Melbourne. Minister, I appreciate your time. You’re the busiest man in the country. GREG HUNT: Good evening Peta. PETA CREDLIN: I’ve got to ask you about the failure of…
E&OE… Topics: Melbourne lockdown; Pause on International Flights into Melbourne; Potential for further restrictions in NSW. LISA MILLAR: Well, for more on the situation in Victoria, Health Minister Greg Hunt joins me now from Melbourne. Good morning, Minister. Is this going to work or do we have to prepare ourselves for lockdown 3.0?…
E&OE… Topics: Melbourne lockdown; Pause on International Flights into Melbourne; Potential for further restrictions in NSW. LISA MILLAR: Well, for more on the situation in Victoria, Health Minister Greg Hunt joins me now from Melbourne. Good morning, Minister. Is this going to work or do we have to prepare ourselves for lockdown 3.0?…
E&OE… Topics: Melbourne lockdown; Travellers to Melbourne airport not screened; NSW and Victoria border closure; Masks. WALEED ALY: Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt definitely is a Victorian, any way you cut it. He is in Melbourne tonight and joins us now. Minister, three cases in the ACT tonight. GREG HUNT: Thanks for…
E&OE… Topics: federal government support for Victoria re coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne. STEPHEN QUARTERMAIN: As we know Victoria is going into lockdown again tomorrow – Mark II. So we thought we’d go straight to the top to find out what’s going on. Let’s welcome the Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt. Good…
E&OE… Topics: Victorian COVID-19 outbreak; Mass gatherings; COVIDSafe app; Border closure. CHRIS KENNY: Let’s go to Melbourne now and catch up with the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Greg Hunt, thanks so much for joining this on what’s a very difficult day for your portfolio and for everyone in Victoria. Has your…
Over the past 12 months, 86.1% of Australians did not have to pay to visit their GP. Figures for the past 12 months show: • An increase of more than 5.5 million free bulk-billed GP visits compared to the same period last year • The number of fully subsidised services across Medicare rose with an…
E&OE… Topics: Outbreak in Melbourne; COVID-19 update; Public housing lockdowns; Possibility of complete lockdown in Victoria. KARL STEFANOVIC: Okay. Let’s bring in now, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Greg, thank you for your time this morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Karl and Ally. KARL STEFANOVIC: We just heard there, it is a terrible situation that…
E&OE… Topics: support for Victoria Government re coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne; NSW and Victorian border closure; Regional communities. LISA MILLAR: Let’s bring in the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Minister, good morning, welcome to Breakfast. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Lisa. LISA MILLAR: Lots to get through this morning so we’ll crack on. Is it out…