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We recognise and celebrates our dedicated aged care volunteers today on International Volunteer Day.

You can now read about Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant opportunities that are forecast to open from February 2023.

A lower Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) general co-payment from 1 January 2023 will help ease cost-of-living pressures for Australians. Here’s what pharmacists need to know to support their customers.

The National Dementia Action Plan is open for consultation. Find out about the plan and how to provide feedback.

Brisbane is set to welcome hundreds of elite athletes in a celebration of sport inclusion

Revisit the Australia/New Zealand Allied Health Summit held in August 2022. This year’s theme was demonstrating the value and utility of allied health care.

We invite you to join us for our next Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) webinar at 1:30pm (AEDT) on 15 November 2022.

Health Budget October 2022–23 information is now available.

Read about changes to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) assessment criteria and what they mean for MRFF applicants.

On 30 November 2021, we launched the Every Moment Matters campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the risks of drinking alcohol while pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Recommendations from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on Pfizer booster doses for children aged 5 to 11 years.

The UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong has given the world a snapshot of what’s to come in Australia, and it looks great!

The Australian Government is providing more than $5.4 million to support ground-breaking brain cancer research. Funding is from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

We have been notified of a new phone scam that is targeting members of the Australian public. If you receive a call from someone claiming to be us, do not provide your personal details.

We have developed a ‘Cervical Screening Communications Toolkit’- spread the message and help save lives.

Read the Prime Minister’s update following the National Cabinet meeting on 30 September 2022.

Australia’s immunisation experts, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, recommend COVID-19 vaccination for some children aged 6 months to under 5 years who have an increased risk of getting very sick from COVID-19. The COVID-19 vaccination will help reduce this risk.

The Australian Government is now providing weekly trend reporting of COVID-19 case numbers and statistics.

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