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Australia invests $400m for 50 more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics

The new facilities will open during the 2025-26 financial year.

Australia invests $17.4m in new Nurses and Midwives Academy

The facility will be located in Melbourne’s Epworth Hospital.

Queensland Ambulance Service Clinical Hub to receive $5.2m upgrade

The funding will increase the hub’s capacity to support patients who call triple zero.

Australian gov’t invests $4.2m to expand rare cancer portal

The funding will allow a pilot service for remote areas in Queensland.

Princess Alexandra Hospital acquires new $2.5m PET/CT Scanner

The new scanner replaces the hospital’s 13-year-old machine.

$168m Port Macquarie Base Hospital upgrade progresses with new project team

The project’s final scope will be determined during the planning and design phase

Australia allocates $268.9m to health and medical research

A total of 229 researchers will receive funding under the ‘Investigator Grants’ scheme.

Australia funds $3.5m for migrant and refugee women's health literacy

The HiML programme delivers education sessions in the participants’ native languages.

Australia invests $128m in Bathurst Hospital redevelopment

It will feature an expanded emergency department and maternity services.

Australia invests $3.5m in health worker housing for Coffs Harbour

The funding is part of the $127.3m (A$200.1m) ‘Key Health Worker Accommodation’ programme.

Australia invests $474,000 to upgrade Upper Hunter health facilities in NSW

The funding will be distributed evenly across three key projects.

Australian gov’t invests $13.8m in primary care research

The investment will support seven projects across the country’s leading universities.

Australia invests $270,000 to upgrade Shoalhaven health facilities

Shoalhaven Hospital, Milton Ulladulla Hospital, and other facilities will benefit from the funding.

Australian gov’t allocates $1.3m to support general practices in Tasmania

The funding will support infrastructure expansions and the purchase of new medical equipment.