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Media releaseTuesday 23 June 2026

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New Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner appointed 23 June 2026 Media release Ms Jodi Cassar has been appointed as the new Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner, to lead Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care reform through to the appointment of a permanent Commissioner. Press conference with Assistant Minister White, Sydney – 22 June 2026 22 June 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Whits's press conference about the government's new campaign for asthma in women.

Doorstop interview with Assistant Minister White, Hobart – 19 June 2026 19 June 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview on the expansion of birthing services at the Calvary Hospital in Hobart. Primary health care centre opens in Maningrida 19 June 2026 Media release The remote Aboriginal community of Maningrida and surrounding Homelands in Arnhem Land will benefit from better access to medical care following the construction of a new health care centre, which has now officially opened.

Radio interview Assistant Minister White, Afternoon Briefing - 19 June 2026 19 June 2026 Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Patricia Karvelas on childcare, abortion. TV interview with Assistant Minister White, Sky News Live Politics Now – 18 June 2026 18 June 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Tom Connell.

Op-ed from Assistant Minister White – Menopause isn't a secret society anymore 18 June 2026 Read Assistant Minister White's opinion piece on menopause published in The Mercury Newspaper on 18 June 2026. Radio interview with Assistant Minister White, ABC Radio Hobart – 10 June 2026 10 June 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Leon Compton.

Doorstop interview with Assistant Minister White, Hobart – 5 June 2026 5 June 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview on bulk billing for women's long-acting reversible contraception. New national centres to improve access to contraceptive support for women 5 June 2026 Media release Women in Australia will have better access to safe, affordable, long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) such as IUDs and birth control implants through a new national network of centres.

Supporting First Nations mothers and babies 3 June 2026 Media release The Australian Government is investing a further $44.4 million in Birthing on Country services across Australia to continue the great work being done to improve outcomes for First Nations mothers and babies. Press conference with Assistant Minister White, Hobart – 1 June 2026 1 June 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference on the opening of a new Urgent Care Clinic in Hobart’s northern suburbs.

Free urgent care for more Tasmanians 1 June 2026 Media release The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment to strengthen Medicare with a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opening in Tasmania. $7 million more as preterm birth prevention program delivers 29 May 2026 Media release The Australian Government will provide almost $7 million to the Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance and Women’s Healthcare Australasia so they can continue their great work implementing the Every Week Counts National Preterm Birth Prevention program.

Press conference with Assistant Minister White, Hobart – 29 May 2026 29 May 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's press conference about lowering pre-term birth with additional funding. Press conference with Minister Butler and Assistant Minister White, Canberra – 25 May 2026 25 May 2026 Read the transcript of Minister Butler and Assistant Minister White's press conference on the National Menopause and Perimenopause Awareness Campaign launch, NDIS, dental, bulk billing, Ebola and diphtheria.

Delivering the first national menopause campaign for Australian women 25 May 2026 Media release The Australian Government is continuing to deliver better healthcare for women with the launch of the first ever national Menopause and Perimenopause Campaign. Radio interview with Assistant Minister White, ABC Radio Hobart – 25 May 2026 25 May 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Leon Compton.

Doorstop interview with Assistant Minister White, Hobart – 21 May 2026 21 May 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's doorstop interview on cardiovascular disease in women and strokes. $7.2 million response package to Diphtheria outbreak 21 May 2026 Media release The Australian Government is delivering a $7.2 million package to support the Northern Territory Government, and the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector respond to the diphtheria outbreak.

New Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinic for Western Queensland Women 20 May 2026 Media release Women across Western Queensland now have access to better women’s health care, with the opening of the new Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinic in Blackall. Women's voices to help shape future of health care 20 May 2026 Media release Women with lived experience of cardiovascular disease have come together to help shape the future of care for women in Australia.

$8.4 million for women's health 20 May 2026 Media release The Australian Government is delivering on its promise to make sure women and girls can access quality, evidence-based health information and support. Radio interview with Assistant Minister White, ABC Radio Sydney - 19 May, 2026 19 May 2026 Read the transcript of Assistant Minister White's interview with Hamish MacDonald on Women's Health Roundtable, women with cardiovascular conditions and medical misogyny.

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SourceHealth Minister, Tuesday 23 June 2026 — as lodgedTA-260623-health-217e14caf57c