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13 March 2025 - Smoking laws help to reduce smoking rates and tobacco-related harm in our community. Some of Australia's laws include excise tax on tobacco products, tobacco advertising bans, plain packaging laws, laws on smoking in public, and age limits on who can buy tobacco.

8 August 2024 - This program supports patients who face extra costs to preserve their fertility (for future treatment such as IVF) because they have cancer or are at risk of passing on a genetic condition. It provides funding to help with the cost of freezing eggs, sperm or embryos (cryostorage).

22 November 2024 - This webinar gave aged care providers and older people, families and carers an update on the Support at Home program.

2 May 2024 - The Share a Cuppa program aims to increase social connections within communities, specifically with older people. Hear from aged care volunteer Jim who gets great fulfilment out of his role.

16 May 2023 - The Nurse Practitioner Steering Committee (NPSC) provided advice and expertise on the development of the Nurse Practitioner Workforce Plan.

11 September 2024 - You may have questions about cervical screening for someone in your life with disability. See answers to some of the common questions from family, friends and loved ones of people with a disability on how they can offer support.

11 December 2023 - Christmas, summer and the festive season is a time many of us spend with our family and friends. Make sure you know the basics and protect yourself, family and friends from COVID-19.

23 July 2020 - A short video from Deputy Chief Medical Office, Dr Nick Coatsworth, about masks.

11 November 2024 - This webinar, held on 28 February 2024, was a Q&A session about the draft new Aged Care Act, which was available for consultation until 8 March 2024. The panel answered questions from the audience.

20 May 2022 - A statement from Australia's acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Sonya Bennett, urging Australians to be aware of the monkeypox virus.