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FRI 13 APRIL 2012

Gillard Government offers $200M for better mental health services

The Council of Australian Governments today agreed help improve the care and support provided to people living with severe and persistent mental illness and complex care needs through a new National Partnership Agreement. The Gillard Government will provide $200 million to help...

FRI 23 MARCH 2012

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Gosford

PM: [audio break] watching the concrete being poured for the Cancer Centre here at this hospital, so it’s a day of achievement, another milestone in bringing a cancer centre here to Gosford. And that’s going to make a big difference to this community, because at the moment...

FRI 23 MARCH 2012

Delivering health services for Robertson

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today marked another step toward the establishment of a comprehensive cancer centre in the Central Coast of NSW with the pouring of concrete for one of three radiation oncology bunkers at the new Central Coast Regional Cancer Service. ...

FRI 20 JANUARY 2012

Transcript of interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky News

HOST: Prime Minister, thank you very much for your time, thanks for joining us on Sky News. Will you still honour your deal with Andrew Wilkie to introduce pre-commitment technology for poker machines in Australia? ...

MON 24 OCTOBER 2011

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Perth

PM: Good morning, everyone. I'm joined by Minister Peter Garrett and we’re here at the opening of the Commonwealth Youth Forum. I want to say a few words about CHOGM and then I want to make an announcement about mental health services in Australia for young people. ...

MON 24 OCTOBER 2011

New Headspace locations announced

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced the further expansion of the successful headspace program with 15 new sites and two outpost sites to be set up across Australia. This is part of the Gillard Government’s record $2.2 billion Delivering Mental Health Reform...

WED 19 OCTOBER 2011

New centre to train more doctors and nurses in Western Sydney

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today officially opened a new training centre in Blacktown that will play a key role in training more doctors and nurses for Western Sydney. The Gillard Labor Government has contributed $20.6 million to build the Universityof Western Sydney Blacktown Mt...

MON 17 OCTOBER 2011

Transcript of doorstop interview, Brisbane

PM: I’m here today with the Acting Premier of Queensland, Andrew Fraser, and we’re here at the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and I very much thank the CEO Mr Graeme Newton for his briefing of me and the Acting Premier today and I also thank Richard Wilson for having us here...

FRI 30 SEPTEMBER 2011

Important new medicines listed on the PBS

More than 160,000 Australians per year will benefit from the Australian Government’s decision to provide subsidised access to 48 medicines, including treatments for serious heart conditions including heart failure in infants and children, rare but serious infections like tuberculosis,...

THU 22 SEPTEMBER 2011

Gavin Larkin

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler today paid tribute to founder of R U OK? Day Gavin Larkin who passed away on Wednesday afternoon.   The Gillard Government offers our condolences to Mr Larkin’s wife Maryanne...

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