Securing the future of Australia’s world class healthcare system

Joint Media Release with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister Anne Ruston Saving diabetes patients thousands of dollars each year, boosting record investments in health research and making even more medicines cheaper for more patients are key to a re-elected Morrison Government’s plans to secure the future of the healthcare system. The plan grows funding…

Labor’s GP plan falls apart at the seams

  The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   14 April 2022   Labor’s GP plan falls apart at the seams   Labor’s re-hash of the Rudd super clinics fiasco continues to disintegrate, with Labor admitting the program has not been costed by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office…

New permanent headspace satellite service for Bribie Island

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   Terry Young MP Federal Member for Longman   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   13 April 2022   New permanent headspace satellite service for Bribie Island  …

New funding for local drug and alcohol treatment services

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   Terry Young MP Federal Member for Longman   JOINT MEDIA RELEASE   13 April 2022   New funding for local drug and alcohol treatment services   The Morrison Government will help continue the Caboolture region’s ongoing fight against the scourge of drugs and…

Labor goes back to the future with failed super clinics policy

Labor continues to scrape the bottom of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Election barrel for health policy ideas, reheating and rehashing the Rudd Government’s failed super clinics announcement today.   In Labor’s biggest health failure in Government, outside of refusing to list medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, super clinics were rejected by the AMA as bad medicine…

Sod turned on Sydney Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre

World-leading treatment, care and support for young Australians battling cancer is now a step closer, with the sod turned on the Sydney Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre site in Randwick. Funded in part by the Morrison Government, the $658 million redevelopment will house a state-of-the-art paediatric hospital and research facility, transforming child and adolescent health by…

Labor stumble again on health policy

Labor has again been caught out on health policy in the election campaign.   Today’s announcement from Mr Albanese on Telehealth ignores the medical advice and risks rural health services.   It comes after the Government’s reforms led to record Telehealth psychiatric consultations in January and February this year – up 33% prior to the…

Labor caught out again lying about health record

In an embarrassing start to the 2022 election campaign, Labor has been caught out lying again when it comes to their record in health.   During his appearance on Insiders this morning, Labor Deputy Leader Richard Marles made an astonishing attempt to re-write history, claiming that while in government, his party did not stop listing…

Australian research to support children with Mitochondrial disease

Leading Australian researchers will receive $15 million from the Morrison Government to determine the safety, efficacy and feasibility of implementing mitochondrial donation reproductive technology following the passing of Maeve’s Law.   Mitochondrial diseases are genetic, often inherited disorders that are debilitating and can be fatal. In Australia, approximately one child each week is born with…