New Principal Committees to Advise NHMRC Council

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   The Morrison Government has announced the membership of the Principal Committees of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for 2021–2024.   Professor Emily Banks AM will Chair the new Health Research Impact Committee, which will play a key…

10-year Plan to Improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   The Hon. Ken Wyatt AM MP Minister for Indigenous Australians   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   In partnership with state and territory governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health leaders, the Morrison Government has released a national policy framework to improve health and…

Rosebud Cancer Clinical Trials Hub Officially Open

THE HON. GREG HUNT MP Federal Member for Flinders Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   Rosebud’s new Cancer Clinical Trials Hub will give Mornington Peninsula patients the opportunity to access new breakthrough treatments closer to home.   Through the Community Health and Hospitals Program (CHHP), the Australian Government provided $24.6 million…

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…

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…

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…

Ross Trust Withdraw Quarry Application

THE HON. GREG HUNT MP Federal Member for Flinders Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   The R.E. Ross Trust have withdrawn their application for a proposed granite quarry in the Arthurs Seat State Park in Dromana, following much community consultation and strong opposition.   Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg…