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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health program (1) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health program (1)

After Hours Review (1) After Hours Review (1)

Aged care assessment programs (1) Aged care assessment programs (1)

Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (2) Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (2)

Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy (1) Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy (1)

Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program (2) Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program (2)

Aged care on-site pharmacist (1) Aged care on-site pharmacist (1)

Aged care reforms and reviews (7) Aged care reforms and reviews (7)

Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) (1) Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) (1)

Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) (1) Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) (1)

Australian Centre for Disease Control (1) Australian Centre for Disease Control (1)

Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program (1) Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program (1)

Australian National Aged Care Classification funding model (1) Australian National Aged Care Classification funding model (1)

BreastScreen Australia Program (5) BreastScreen Australia Program (5)

Cardiovascular Health Mission (1) Cardiovascular Health Mission (1)

Care minutes and 24/7 registered nurses in residential aged care (1) Care minutes and 24/7 registered nurses in residential aged care (1)

Child Dental Benefits Schedule (1) Child Dental Benefits Schedule (1)

Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) (14) Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) (14)

Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) Community Transport Pricing Pilot (1) Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) Community Transport Pricing Pilot (1)

Cosmetic surgery (1) Cosmetic surgery (1)

COVID-19 surge health workforce package (1) COVID-19 surge health workforce package (1)

COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Strategy (2) COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Strategy (2)

COVID-19 vaccine operations (28) COVID-19 vaccine operations (28)

COVID-19 vaccines (309) COVID-19 vaccines (309)

Digital mental health services (1) Digital mental health services (1)

Digital transformation for the aged care sector (1) Digital transformation for the aged care sector (1)

DoctorConnect (3) DoctorConnect (3)

Don't fool around with syphilis (1) Don't fool around with syphilis (1)

Driving Social Inclusion through Sport and Physical Activity Grant Program (1) Driving Social Inclusion through Sport and Physical Activity Grant Program (1)

Emerging Priorities and Consumer-Driven Research initiative (2) Emerging Priorities and Consumer-Driven Research initiative (2)

Every Moment Matters – The National Awareness Campaign for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Women (1) Every Moment Matters – The National Awareness Campaign for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Women (1)

Flood and storm support (4) Flood and storm support (4)

Frontier Health and Medical Research initiative (1) Frontier Health and Medical Research initiative (1)

Genomics Health Futures Mission (1) Genomics Health Futures Mission (1)

Global Health initiative (1) Global Health initiative (1)

Hearing Services Program (19) Hearing Services Program (19)

Home Care Packages Program (8) Home Care Packages Program (8)

Improving accommodation in residential aged care (1) Improving accommodation in residential aged care (1)

Improving food and nutrition in aged care (3) Improving food and nutrition in aged care (3)

Infection Prevention and Control Leads (2) Infection Prevention and Control Leads (2)

Influenza surveillance program (1) Influenza surveillance program (1)

Life Saving Drugs Program (1) Life Saving Drugs Program (1)

Medical Research Future Fund (233) Medical Research Future Fund (233)

Mitochondrial donation (1) Mitochondrial donation (1)

Monthly Care Statements for residential aged care (3) Monthly Care Statements for residential aged care (3)

MRFF projects (47) MRFF projects (47)

My Aged Care (1) My Aged Care (1)

MyMedicare (2) MyMedicare (2)

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (1) National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (1)

National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program (QI Program) (4) National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program (QI Program) (4)

National Allied Health Workforce Strategy (1) National Allied Health Workforce Strategy (1)

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (9) National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (9)

National Cancer Screening Register (2) National Cancer Screening Register (2)

National Cervical Screening Program (17) National Cervical Screening Program (17)

National Critical Research Infrastructure initiative (2) National Critical Research Infrastructure initiative (2)

National Dementia Action Plan 2024–2034 (3) National Dementia Action Plan 2024–2034 (3)

National Health and Climate Strategy (2) National Health and Climate Strategy (2)

National Health and Medical Research Strategy (5) National Health and Medical Research Strategy (5)

National Immunisation Program (29) National Immunisation Program (29)

National Lung Cancer Screening Program (1) National Lung Cancer Screening Program (1)

National Nursing Workforce Strategy (1) National Nursing Workforce Strategy (1)

National Roadmap to Improve the Health and Mental Health of Autistic People 2025–2035 (1) National Roadmap to Improve the Health and Mental Health of Autistic People 2025–2035 (1)

National Strategy for Injury Prevention (1) National Strategy for Injury Prevention (1)

New Aged Care Act (7) New Aged Care Act (7)

New aged care regulatory model (2) New aged care regulatory model (2)

Newborn bloodspot screening (1) Newborn bloodspot screening (1)

Nurse Practitioner Workforce Plan (1) Nurse Practitioner Workforce Plan (1)

Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner (12) Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner (12)

Operation COVID Shield (4) Operation COVID Shield (4)

Play Our Way program (5) Play Our Way program (5)

Preventive and Public Health Research initiative (1) Preventive and Public Health Research initiative (1)

Primary Care Rural Innovative Multidisciplinary Models (PRIMM) (1) Primary Care Rural Innovative Multidisciplinary Models (PRIMM) (1)

Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme (2) Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme (2)

Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (6) Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (6)

Rapid antigen testing for aged care (1) Rapid antigen testing for aged care (1)

Residential aged care (15) Residential aged care (15)

Review of CGM products provided through the NDSS (1) Review of CGM products provided through the NDSS (1)

Review of General Practice Incentives (1) Review of General Practice Incentives (1)

Self-collection for the Cervical Screening Test (1) Self-collection for the Cervical Screening Test (1)

Senior Australian of the Year Award (5) Senior Australian of the Year Award (5)

Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme (3) Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme (3)

Single Assessment System for aged care (1) Single Assessment System for aged care (1)

Star Ratings for residential aged care (1) Star Ratings for residential aged care (1)

Strengthening Medicare measures (1) Strengthening Medicare measures (1)

Support at Home program (14) Support at Home program (14)

The National Sign Language Program (NSLP) (1) The National Sign Language Program (NSLP) (1)

Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce – Scope of Practice Review (2) Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce – Scope of Practice Review (2)

Victorian Aged Care Response Centre (7) Victorian Aged Care Response Centre (7)

Virtual nursing in aged care (1) Virtual nursing in aged care (1)

Water and Snow Safety Program (1) Water and Snow Safety Program (1)

Working Better for Medicare Review (1) Working Better for Medicare Review (1)

Your Healthy Pregnancy (2) Your Healthy Pregnancy (2)

Year

2025 (111) 2025 (111)

2024 (230) 2024 (230)

2023 (260) 2023 (260)

2022 (249) 2022 (249)

2021 (701) 2021 (701)

2020 (405) 2020 (405)

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