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3 August 2023 - All students aged approximately 12 and 13 will be offered the HPV vaccine for free in schools as part of the National Immunisation Program. The video explains the importance of the vaccine.

5 June 2025 - Hearing Services Program providers must meet program requirements when dealing with clients and their health records, and when fitting hearing devices. This includes getting consent from clients and managing records in line with relevant laws.

19 July 2022 - A statement by Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly regarding the increase in cases of the new BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the COVID-19 Omicron strain.

18 April 2023 - Find out more about the national breast cancer screening service. Learn who it targets, why it’s important and whether it’s right for you.

16 October 2025 - The Prescribed List reforms finished in June 2025. This document list the reforms objectives and achievements.

13 November 2025 - This fact sheet explains the emergency disease situation provisions that enable the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing to suspend some or all regulatory obligations for handling SSBAs should there be an SSBA-related disease outbreak.

19 June 2025 - This fact sheet provides information about the roles and responsibilities of top management.

13 October 2025 - This presentation, delivered on 1 October 2025, contains an update to Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

1 February 2023 - The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has now advised that three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine are required to be up to date in order to provide protection against both infection and severe disease.

25 May 2022 - This expert steering committee provides advice to help develop the National Preventive Health Strategy. Members are experts in the public health, research, health promotion, medical, allied health, nursing and consumer advocacy fields.