Departmental media

An opinion piece from Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, Dr Ruth Vine on floods and testing the resilience and mental strength of Australians.

An opinion piece from Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, about what to do to prepare for the possibility of testing positive for COVID-19 – and what to do if you do test positive.

An opinion piece from Professor Paul Kelly, the Australian Government's Chief Medical Officer, on embracing reopening with confidence.

An opinion piece from Professor Alison McMillan, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer on the positive vaccination rates among the aged care workforce.

An opinion piece from Dr Ruth Vine, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health.

An opinion piece from Dr Ruth Vine, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, on R U OK? Day.

An opinion piece from Professor Michael Kidd, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, on the symptoms of "long COVID" syndrome and the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination.

An opinion piece from Professor Alison McMillan, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in aged care and the benefits of vaccination.

An opinion piece from Dr Ruth Vine, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, on the mental health impacts of COVID-19, and the response from the Government.

An opinion piece from Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Professor Alison McMillan, PSM, on the greatly improved COVID safety levels in Victorian residential aged care facilities.

Read the opinion piece by Australian Government Chief Medical officer, Professor Paul Kelly.

An opinion piece from Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd AM about on the Community transmission of COVID-19 into aged care.

An opinion piece from the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd about the benefits of wearing face masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

An opinion piece by the Australian Government’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth.

An opinion piece by the Australian Government’s Acting Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly.

An opinion piece by the Australian Government Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Alison McMillan.

An opinion piece by the Australian Government’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health, Dr Ruth Vine.

An opinion piece from Professor Paul Kelly, the Australian Government's Chief Medical Officer, on stopping the spread COVID-19 misinformation.