More than 1.1 million Australians have now opted out of the My Health Record following the Government’s botched rollout – but the Liberals are still refusing to say what they’re planning to do to restore public trust in this important reform. Under Labor questioning in Senate estimates on Wednesday, the Australian Digital Health Agency revealed

TANYA PLIBERSEK MP DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMEN MEMBER FOR SYDNEY CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT LABOR’S INVESTMENT IN OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH A Shorten Labor Government will build on its commitment to ovarian cancer research by matching the fundraising target for the Silver Lining

GOVERNMENT MUST SUSPEND MY HEALTH RECORD ROLLOUT AND ORDER A PRIVACY REVIEW The Government must heed Labor’s call to suspend the rollout of the My Health Record and commission an independent review of privacy provisions. A Labor-initiated inquiry into the My Health Record – which Greg Hunt dismissed as a “stunt” – has uncovered a

CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT JULIAN HILL MP DEPUTY CHAIR, JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT MEMBER FOR BRUCE BUNGLED $220 MILLION PRIVATISATION OF NATIONAL CANCER SCREENING REGISTER SLAMMED BY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED COMMITTEE In a scathing report, the powerful Joint Standing Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) slammed the Government’s

THE HON SHAYNE NEUMANN MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BLAIR CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT MEDICAL TRANSFER OF CHILDREN FROM AUSTRALIAN-FUNDED REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRES Labor will introduce legislation to address the Government’s failure to ensure children in Australian-funded regional processing centres receive

E&OE TRANSCRIPT RADIO INTERVIEW HACK, TRIPLE J MONDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2018 SUBJECT: Gay conversion therapy TOM TILLEY, HOST: Should gay conversion therapy be banned in Australia? Or would that be an assault on religious freedom? It’s been banned in 14 American states and the Federal Labor Opposition is calling for it to be banned here

CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT MALARNDIRRI MCCARTHY CHAIR OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STILLBIRTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABOR SENATOR FOR NT KRISTINA KENEALLY MEMBER OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STILLBIRTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABOR SENATOR FOR NSW LABOR’S COMMITMENT TO DRIVE DOWN AUSTRALIA’S STILLBIRTH RATE A Shorten

CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT SPEECH TO RACGP GP18 GOLD COAST FRIDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2018 *** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Acknowledgements In my five years as Shadow Health Minister, there hasn’t been a dull moment in Australian health policy. Since the 2013 election, and particularly since the 2014

CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT SENATOR MURRAY WATT LABOR SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND  DES HARDMAN LABOR CANDIDATE FOR FORDE MORRISON’S MEDICARE FREEZE STILL HURTING GOLD COAST Hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders are skipping the specialist care they need as doctors abandon bulk-billing because of Scott Morrison’s continuing Medicare freeze.

GREG HUNT DELAYS PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE CHANGES BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEY WILL HURT Greg Hunt has delayed a key element of his private health insurance changes, in a clear admission that his policies could hurt millions of Australians. Under new rules announced today, private health insurers will have until April 2020 to implement the new