The Turnbull Government is investing $3.9 million for tailored mental health support for Australians from multicultural backgrounds. The $3.9 million investment over three years will help to ensure that our mental health system reflects and responds well to Australia’s diverse population and that quality and culturally-responsive care is available to everyone when they need it…
E&OE… Topics: Government’s response to the Pharmacy Review; Health Care Homes trial GREG HUNT: And thanks very much to George and to David from the Guild, to Kos and to Trent as our hosts today. I think Shane is here from the Society, and…
The latest Medicare data from July 2017 to March 2018 shows Australian patients have set a new record for the highest GP bulk-billing rate ever achieved for this period – increasing to 85.8 per cent. This is nearly 4 per cent higher than Labor’s 82.0 per cent, which they achieved when they were last in…
E&OE…; Topics: Record bulk billing figures; Federal Budget; Thompson Institute GREG HUNT: Thanks very much to Andrew as the Member for Fisher, to Ted, the Member for Fairfax. Both have been champions for the Thompson Institute. So, this institute for mind and neuroscience is…
Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP has urged young athletes to apply for a Local Sporting Champions grant to help support their involvement in sport. “The Coalition Government is committed to getting Australian kids more active, more often,” Minister Hunt said. “That’s why I’m encouraging young athletes, coaches and officials from around…
Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP has urged young athletes to apply for a Local Sporting Champions grant to help support their involvement in sport. “The Coalition Government is committed to getting Australian kids more active, more often,” Minister Hunt said. “That’s why I’m encouraging young athletes, coaches and officials from around…
The brain cancer foundation set up by rugby league legend Mark Hughes has joined the Turnbull Government’s $100 million Australian Brain Cancer Mission, aiming to work together to tackle this terrible disease through medical research. Newcastle Knights great Mark Hughes set up the Mark Hughes Foundation with his wife Kirralee after his own brain cancer…
The Turnbull Government is providing $1.5 million in medical research funding to help better understand the flesh eating Buruli ulcer and reduce its spread in Australia. This funding will be used by the University of Melbourne to study mosquitoes in areas around Victoria where Buruli ulcers have been reported. There has recently been a spike…
E&OE… Topics: $1.5 million for medical research into Buruli ulcer GREG HUNT: Look, thanks very much to Glen, to you, to Jim McCluskey, to Shitij Kapur who’s head of the medical school, to Tim as our chief investigator today. Jane and John are the…
Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, was thrilled to officially open the Phillip Island Health Hub. Minister Hunt joined Victorian Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, the Hon Jill Hennessy MP, Victorian Member for Bass, Brian Paynter MP, members of Bass Coast Health and the local community, to officially open the…
