E&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; job losses; new social distancing measures; travel ban; schools; medical research MICHAEL ROWLAND: Let’s bring in the Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Minister, good morning to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Michael and Lisa. MICHAEL ROWLAND: I want to start by asking you, as a senior Minister,…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: COVID-19m update; Telehealth; Infection control training; Ventilator units; Preventative measures; PPE; Communications campaign; stage 2 of shutdowns; anti-viral drugs; mental health; Regional and rural services. GREG HUNT: Professor Michael Kidd, Michael has joined the Chief Medical Officer’s team. He is a professor of primary care, he is the head of primary health and…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; testing; private health insurance premiums ALAN JONES: One other thing I’ll just say, and I don’t care if I embarrass Greg Hunt, we all got to bear in mind here these people are worn out too – they’re human beings. I mentioned about Gladys Berejiklian; she’d been on that bushfire front…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Measures to contain the spread of coronavirus; School closures & online learning; Business closures; Public transport; Vaccination update TOM ELLIOTT: Well, as we know, the governments, state and federal, have taken some pretty tough measures in the past 24 hours to try and limit and contain the spread of the coronavirus. We’ve had…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: New social distancing restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus; medical industry preparedness; schools. ALLISON LANGDON: And the Health Minister, Greg Hunt, joins us now from Canberra. Minister, thanks for your time this morning. I mean, if you listen to that message there it is a dire warning, isn’t…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: New social distancing restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus; schools; border closure; testing NATALIE BARR: Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt joins us now from Canberra. Would these new measures have been brought in today if the states hadn’t actually pushed for them? GREG HUNT: Good morning. Well, what we’ve…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: COVID-19 update; Testing figures; $13m MRFF funding announcement; $2m Doherty Institute funding announcement; University of Queensland research; Bondi Beach, Ruby Princess cruise ship; travel bans; stimulus package. GREG HUNT: Around the world there are now over 253,000 cases and, sadly, 11,000 lives have been lost. In Australia the latest update…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Update on Government’s coronavirus measures; flattening the curve; ICU beds; medical equipment; schools CHRISSIE SWAN: Hello, Greg. Thank you so much for joining us, Mr Hunt. GREG HUNT: Good morning. CHRISSIE SWAN: The Honourable Mr Hunt. GREG HUNT: Yes. Good morning everybody. CHRISSIE SWAN: We’ve got so…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: update on Government’s coronavirus measures; border closure; testing; telehealth; measures to prevent medicine hoarding NATALIE BARR: Let’s get more on the Government’s tough new virus measures. For more, I’m joined by Greg Hunt. Thanks for your time this morning, Minister. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Nat. NATALIE BARR: We’ve…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Coronavirus update; Testing kits; Fever clinics; Medicine shortage; DEBORAH KNIGHT: I cannot believe what’s happening in this country right now. We’ve got panic buying. We’ve got hoarding. My chicken man that I told you about, overwhelmed with orders for birds and chook feed. And now, people are stripping the shelves…
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