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The Albanese Government is stepping up the fight against child sexual exploitation and other serious online harms by strengthening collaboration between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the eSafety Commissioner.
A strengthening of the 2020 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will
A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will make the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago, with $8.5 billion to deliver an additional 18 million bulk billed GP visits each year, hundreds of nursing scholarships and thousands more doctors in the largest GP training program ever.
Australian patients and families will save
The Albanese Government is again showing its commitment to tackle dementia, with a $12.5 million funding package to support people living with probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
CTE is a form of dementia linked to
The Albanese Government and the National Suicide Prevention Office have released the National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035.
Every day in Australia, nine people die by
Communities in Armidale and Moree will benefit from more than $1 million in funding from the NSW Government to upgrade hospitals and health facilities in the region
The Minns Labor Government is investing
Construction is under way for the next stage of the Muswellbrook Hospital Redevelopment.
The NSW Government is investing $45 million in the Stage 3 Redevelopment to deliver enhanced health facilities for the community.
To mark the milestone, three Old Man
New research has uncovered critical gaps in an emerging global public health tool for detecting environmental faecal contamination - which is linked to life-threatening diarrheal diseases that cause 1.2 million deaths each year.
Despite being considered globally applicable, microbial source tracking
Western Australians living in Perth’s south eastern suburbs will have access to free urgent medical care closer to home with the opening of the permanent location for the Gosnells Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) at Unit 1, 2227 Albany Highway, Gosnells
Western Australians living in Perth’s south eastern suburbs will have access
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released the Health of Veterans report for 2022 as part of the broader Australia’s Health 2022 report.
Health of Veterans examines veterans' health status, with a particular focus on self-assessed health, health conditions, deaths, disability, and health risk factors. It also identifies veterans' health service use, focusing on medicines, hospitalisations, health expenditure and homelessness.
The report made four key findings:
The Tasmanian Liberal Government is committed to ensuring Tasmanians who need mental health support can get the right care, at the right time, in the right place.
That’s why a new Mental Health Short Stay Unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital has been established to provide a more therapeutic
Griffith University will play a major role in a new national academy purposely designed to ensure members with experience of mental illness are at the forefront of research to transform Australia’s mental health care system.
Launched by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt, the National Academy of LIVed-Experience (ALIVE) will be funded over five years through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Special Initiative in Mental Health grant.
The Academy led by Associate Professor Victoria Palmer from University of
Construction of the University of Sydney medical program’s new teaching facilities in Dubbo has begun, with work expected to be completed in October.
Construction of the University of Sydney medical program’s new teaching facilities in Dubbo has begun, with work expected to be completed in October.
The first cohort of 24 Year 1 Sydney Medical
Tasmania’s vaccination program is continuing to progress with 6,720 AstraZeneca doses arriving in the state on Sunday, with vaccination clinics to begin in Southern Tasmania this week.
This is fantastic news for our State and
The Victorian Government is continuing to work with the Commonwealth on their coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program with the launch of additional hospital vaccination hubs in regional Victoria.
Minister for Health Martin Foley today
The Australian Government is ensuring the COVID-19 Vaccination Program meets the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The Australian Government is ensuring the COVID-19 Vaccination Program meets the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on
More than 4,500 accredited general practices will participate in Phase 1b of Australia’s COVID-19 rollout.
More than 4,500 accredited general practices will participate in Phase 1b of Australia’s COVID-19 rollout, one of the greatest logistical challenges in our nation’s history.
The plans were announced by Minister for
The Tasmanian Government’s focus continues to be on protecting the health and safety of Tasmanians and with our vaccination program in full swing, Tasmania is in a good place.
Today marks the conclusion of the second week of our state-based vaccination program with 2327 Tasmanians vaccinated over the first two weeks, including frontline health workers, paramedics, quarantine and border staff including police officers.
The next delivery of the Pfizer vaccine –
The report1, released on World Obesity Day, comes after a new national survey revealed that 7 in 10 Australians want government to step in and protect our children from unhealthy food marketing2.
The survey revealed strong public support for:
Health promotion foundation VicHealth has welcomed the final report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. VicHealth applauds the leadership of courageous Victorians with lived experience whose contribution resulted in crucial recommendations to help rebuild Victoria’s mental health system.
VicHealth strongly supports the Royal Commission’s inclusion of a focus on preventing mental health conditions before they occur, and the importance of promoting positive mental wellbeing for the whole community.
In recommending the creation of new
Emergency service workers will receive better support and more accessible mental health services as part of the Andrews Labor Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.
Changes to emergency services will play a key role in the Labor Government’s work to overhaul Victoria’s mental health system and implement the Royal Commission’s recommendations.
This includes changes to responding to 000