E&OE… Topics: My Health Record; private health insurance; $5 million for clinical trials and genetic testing for children with high risk brain cancer JON FAINE: Greg Hunt is the Minister for Health in the Coalition Federal Government, the Malcolm Turnbull-led Coalition Government. Mr Hunt, good morning to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Jon. JON FAINE:…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: $4.8 million for mental health services in North West Tasmania; Bill Shorten’s cancelled business lunch in Devonport; Coastal Pathways project; an AFL team for Tasmania BRETT WHITELEY: Well it’s terrific to be in Latrobe and it’s terrific to have Minister Greg Hunt with me here at the Psychological CAFFE and with Tracey, and…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: $4.8 million for mental health services in North West Tasmania; adverse health effects of recreational marijuana use LEE DIXON: Earlier on his morning we had the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt in the studio. Also, Liberal Candidate for Braddon, Brett Whiteley, to discuss major funding for the North…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: $4.8 million for mental health services in North West Tasmania; Bill Shorten’s cancelled business lunch in Devonport; adverse impacts of recreational marijuana use DARREN KERWIN: A couple of blokes have logged on my studio door today. We’ve got the Braddon by-election coming up in a few weeks, 28 July. If you need to…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: The listing of breast cancer drug Kisqali on the PBS; A Medicare item for a new MRI scan for prostate cancer; record bulk billing MICHAEL MCLAREN: The new financial year has brought a whole raft of changes, as we said yesterday, but many are on the health front. For example what’s…
DetailsE&OE… Topics; flu vaccines; new medicines for lung conditions; by-elections; Labor’s border protection failures; income tax relief BARRIE CASSIDY: Minister, good morning, welcome. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Barrie. BARRIE CASSIDY: So what are you doing, what do you need to do now, to deal with this shortage? GREG HUNT:…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Healthscope’s closure of two private hospitals in Victoria; Company tax cuts JON FAINE: How can you not make money out of the provision of private health? GREG HUNT: Well, you have both national and local challenges and I think it’s very important…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: The Turnbull Government’s mental health policies; the extension of the National Suicide Prevention Trial with a further $13 million investment; record mental health funding in the Budget. GREG HUNT: Thank you Professor Kapur for your kind words. Good afternoon everyone. Early yesterday morning as I was thinking through today’s lecture, I heard the…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: The extension of the National Suicide Prevention Trial with a further $13 million investment; Record mental health funding in the Budget SABRA LANE: Mental health is a big beneficiary of money from the Federal Budget. Millions of dollars are being poured into…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Health Budget; Pension Loan Scheme; New hospitals agreement STEVE PRICE: One of the biggest announcements in last night’s budget was money for health. The 2018/19 Budget is really putting the asset on this argument from Labor, the Mediscare argument of the last…
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