As Minister for Sport, protecting the health and wellbeing of participants in sport from doping is of the utmost concern. I recognise the Essendon Football Club doping issue has been a difficult time for many involved and that the investigation has been the subject of extensive legal and other scrutiny. This has included consideration by…
The Turnbull Government will continue to support drug and alcohol treatment services across Australia with funding of more than $75 million a year. Across Australia, around 150 groups that provide direct drug and alcohol treatment and support services will be given guaranteed funding for another two years until 30 June 2019. This includes services such…
Minister for Health and Sport, Greg Hunt, and Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health , Ken Wyatt, today joined thousands of Canberra residents to show their support for organ and tissue donation by participating in the annual Gift of Life Walk around Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. Minister Hunt and Minister Wyatt…
Greg Hunt congratulated several local athletes from the electorate who have been recipients of Local Sporting Champions grants over the past year at an official presentation ceremony held on February 17. “I was delighted to meet these dedicated young athletes and learn more about their sporting accolades,” Mr Hunt said. “Some have competed for their…
E&OE… Topics: Suicide prevention support for Grafton KEVIN HOGAN: Good morning everyone and thank you for being here. It’s with a lot of delight actually that I welcome the Health Minister Greg Hunt to our community today. It’s not a secret that this community, our community has had trauma over the last year or so.…
Australian patients are getting more benefit from Medicare than ever before with GP bulk billing rates jumping to 85.4 per cent during the second half of 2016 – up from 84.7 per cent for the same period in 2015. This is the highest figure ever for the July to December period. Patients had 73.5 million…
Grafton will be the first location in Australia to get one of ten new headspace youth mental health services, providing an increase in support available to young people and their families during times of need. Health Minister Greg Hunt and Federal Member for Page, Kevin Hogan, were joined by headspace’s CEO Jason Trethowan and Professor…
The Turnbull Government will facilitate faster access by qualified doctors to medicinal cannabis for patients with the necessary approvals. We will authorise controlled importation by approved providers from approved international sources for interim supply in Australia, until domestic production meets local needs. At present, doctors approved to supply medicinal cannabis products must import the product…
The Turnbull Government has delivered on its election commitment to provide $4 million funding to make Australia’s first dedicated micro gut health research centre a reality. The Microbiome Research Centre at Sydney’s St George and Sutherland Hospital campus will investigate microbiota in the gut, looking at how disturbance occurs and then how it causes disease,…
E&OE… Topics: Announcement to deliver faster supply of medicinal cannabis products for patients with the necessary approvals SABRA LANE: Good morning Minister, welcome to AM. GREG HUNT: Good morning Sabra. SABRA LANE: I understand that this means that there will be supply now stored within Australia in about two months time. How many more people…
