New Headspace Services for Young Australians in Ocean Grove

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. Sarah Henderson Liberal Senator for Victoria   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   Young Australians across the Bellarine will now have easier access to…

Rapid Antigen Testing to be Rolled out in Sydney Aged Care Facilities

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   The Australian Government is providing COVID-19 rapid antigen testing (RAT) to residential aged care facilities in Greater Sydney, to further protect aged care residents, workers and their families.   The program will begin on Monday, 16 August at the Uniting…

Improving Health Outcomes for People with Intellectual Disability

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   The Morrison Government has released the landmark National Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability, which aims to address the serious health inequities faced by people with intellectual disability.   Compared with the general population, people with…

Additional vaccines and support for regional NSW outbreak

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   To respond to the current outbreak in Far North New South Wales, the Australian Government will provide an additional 7,680 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses immediately for use in the eight affected local government areas, including Walgett.   Expected to arrive…

Mornington Centrelink to Stay Permanently Open

THE HON. GREG HUNT MP Federal Member for Flinders Minister for Health and Aged Care   SENATOR THE HON. LINDA REYNOLDS CSC Senator for Western Australia Minister for National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services     MEDIA RELEASE     Mornington residents will continue to have local access to Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support…

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Approved for Use in Australia

MEDIA RELEASE Prime Minister, Minister for Health and Aged Care   The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provided provisional approval of the Moderna vaccine for use in Australian adults. The provisional approval of Moderna’s vaccine means it has met all the TGA’s strict standards of safety, quality and efficacy for use in people aged…