E&OE… Topics: $9.46 million for type 1 diabetes research; Eddie Obeid and Kristina Keneally; Jacqui Lambie; refugee protesters; GREG HUNT: I’m really delighted to be here at St Vincent’s Institute. This is not just one of Australia’s, but I think without question one of the world’s great medical research institutes. Today is World Diabetes Day,…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: New Medicare listings for patients; codeine; COAG Health Council; Gayle’s Law; private patients in public hospitals LEON BYNER: Let’s talk to the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Greg, thanks for coming on today. GREG HUNT: It’s a pleasure, Leon. LEON BYNER: First of all, we’ll start with the good stuff. We’ve got special…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Sam Dastyari, citizenship issues, same sex marriage postal survey, private health insurance premiums, Government. JON FAINE: Greg Hunt is Federal Member for Health and Sport and the Member for Flinders in the Turnbull Government inner sanctum, in the Cabinet. Mr Hunt, good morning to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Jon, and I’ve just…
DetailsTopics: Outcomes of COAG Health Council meeting GREG HUNT: I’m delighted with the outcome of today’s COAG Health Ministers’ meeting. We’ve made enormous progress on a series of fronts. Firstly, it’s about protecting patients. There will be a new national approach, which will be protecting patients from medical procedures in relation to cosmetic surgery. They…
DetailsTopics: Turnbull Government’s $100 million fund to fight brain cancer; citizenship MATT DORAN: Joining us now from Melbourne is the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Good morning, Greg, thanks for joining us. GREG HUNT: Good morning. MATT DORAN: Let me ask you, how is this funding and the partnership initiative going to actually help brain…
DetailsTopics: $100 million brain cancer fund launch; High Court decision GRANT MCARTHUR: Welcome, everybody, to the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. Today…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Making private health insurance simpler and more affordable, e-cigarettes. SARAH MCVEIGH: Well with you is the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Minister, thanks for your time. GREG HUNT: It’s a pleasure. SARAH MCVEIGH: In a nutshell, really quickly, why should young people get private health insurance? GREG HUNT: Well it firstly gives them…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Making private health insurance more affordable and simpler to understand DAVID KOCH: Now, an overhaul of the private health insurance is promising simpler and more affordable cover. In the biggest shake-up the industry has seen, the Federal Government will today announce reforms which include discounts for young people, boosting mental health benefits, new…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Making private health insurance more affordable and simpler to understand ROBBIE BUCK: Greg Hunt is the Federal Minister for Health and joins us this morning. Good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Robbie ROBBIE BUCK: Okay. Take us through what these changes are and I guess the background behind it, too. GREG HUNT: Well,…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Announcement of private health insurance reforms GREG HUNT: Well, good morning everybody. I’m delighted to be here at Healthscope’s new Holmesglen Private Hospital. Dr Raja Barua, head of the emergency department here, out with Dr Rachel David, from Private Health Australia, Matthew Koce, representing the small insurers, the leaders from Healthscope and from…
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