Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing
Better health and active ageing for all Australians.
Health Heroes campaign
The Health Heroes campaign aims to increase the number of people working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. For more information about the campaign visit our Health Heroes website
Need to find a health service?
The National Health Services Directory provides access to reliable information such as location, opening hours and telephone numbers for General Practices, Pharmacies, Hospitals and Emergency Departments. Access it online or via an app for smartphones and tablets.
The Government’s Dental Reform package contains three initiatives.
Child Dental Benefits Schedule; a National Partnership Agreement for Adult Public Dental Services; and a Flexible Grants Program.
Changes to the sale of tobacco products
From 1 December 2012, all tobacco products sold, offered for sale, or otherwise supplied in Australia must be in plain packaging and be labelled with the new and expanded health warnings. Find out how this will affect you.
Latest news
News archive05 May 2013
Review to Determine Correct Subsidy for Chemotherapy Infusions
Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek has announced a major review into the way chemotherapy is funded and provided as a way of ensuring cancer patients have continued access to quality, affordable treatment.
01 May 2013
Productive Ageing for Older Australians
Event calendar
Full calendar5 May 2013
World Hand Hygiene Day - Worldwide
13-19 May 2013
Food Allergy Awareness Week - Nationwide
31 May 2013
World No Tobacco Day - Worldwide
Recent publications
View allFreedom of Information
FOI Disclosure Log
A list of documents disclosed in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
Information Publication Scheme
The mechanisms and procedures DoHA is required to undertake in managing and making available information.
Information by health topic
A quickview of health information by topic.
Related websites
View all- APS Survey - Centenary of Canberra
- Health Heroes
- Swap It Don't Stop It
- MyHospitals
- Immunise Australia Program
- HealthInsite
- yourHealth
- MBS Online
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
- How do you MeasureUp?
- CancerScreening
- Quit - The National Tobacco Campaign
- Food and Health Dialogue
- Pandemic Influenza
- National Drugs Campaign
Popular pages
- Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Outbreak in China - (H7N9)
- Tasmanian Health Assistance Package
- Commonwealth HACC Program
- Ageing and aged care
- The Australian alcohol guidelines
- Department of Health and Ageing's YouTube channel
- eHealth.gov.au
- Healthy weight website
- Hearing Services
- Living longer, Living better aged care reform
- MBS Primary Care Items
- Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Online
- Mental Health
- Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- Partners in Recovery mental health care initiative
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
- Sample Daily Kilojoule and Nutrient Calculator
- Tobacco plain packaging and new health warnings
