New Mental Health Services for young people and to treat eating disorders

The Government will allocate $16.5 million to expand mental health services which will benefit the residents of Higgins. A new headspace centre will be established in Glen Iris to support young people dealing with mental health challenges. And a $13 million residential centre for treating eating disorders will be established through the South East Primary…

Labor resorts to desperate scare tactics as new low in politics

Labor’s desperate scare campaign has hit a new low today. Suggestions that the Liberal Government is responsible for the deaths of people is a disgrace. Shadow Health Minister Catherine King should apologise for this outrageous claim. Unlike Bill Shorten the facts don’t lie. Federal hospital funding to the states has grown from $13.3 billion in…

Labor has serious questions to answer over hospital funding

Labor has serious questions to answer after failing to provide additional funding for the state’s hospitals in its costings.   And now we see a report from New South Wales about extra costs under its parent visa plan.   New South Wales Treasury analysis has found that state alone could face an estimated unfunded additional…

$250,000 for RM Hooper Reserve

A re-elected Liberal National Government will invest $250,000 to upgrade Mornington Peninsula Shire facilities at RM Hooper Reserve in Tuerong. Liberal Member for Flinders, The Hon. Greg Hunt MP said the investment would not just benefit the local Tuerong community, but the whole of Western Port. “Backing on to Bittern Bushland Reserve, RM Hooper Reserve…

$100,000 to fix Rye Primary School basketball courts

A re-elected Liberal National Government will invest $100,000 to fix the sloping and cracked basketball courts at Rye Primary School.   For the past three years, the school’s sporting captains have been holding community events to raise funds to fix the basketball courts, which have significant slope, large divots in the bitumen and only one…

$9.6 million for Children’s Cancer

A re-elected Morrison Government will commit $9.6 million to ensure children with cancer have the best chance in survival through a range of clinical trials and research projects. The funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Emerging Priorities and Consumer Driven Research (EPCD) initiative will be provided to the Children’s Cancer Foundation to ensure…

Finally, Finally, Finally, Labor comes to the Party on MRI

Finally, months after the announcement of an MRI licence from the Federal Government for the Redcliffe Hospital, the Queensland Government has agreed to provide the machine. Health Minister Greg Hunt said this is another example of Labor putting politics ahead of patients, in the games it has played regarding this important health service. “Finally they…

$19 million investment in a new medicine

The Liberal National Government  is investing over $19 million in a new medicine to help people with a metabolic disorder, saving patients more than $90,000 a year.   The medicine Kuvan® is now  being listed on the PBS for the treatment of patients with hyperphenylalaninemia  – caused by phenylketonuria (PKU).   PKU is a genetic…

$200,000 for local sport infrastructure in Somerville

A re-elected Liberal National Government will deliver $200,000 to improve sporting facilities at Barber Reserve in Somerville.   Liberal member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, said the funding would provide upgrades to allow Barber Reserve to take a larger role in the Somerville sporting community.   “We know how important it is for…