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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.

5 August 2025 - The Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Reference Group (NMSRG) provides advice on relevant nursing and midwifery policy and strategy issues to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing through the Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Division.

6 June 2025 - Find information and resources on how to engage patients of diverse sexualities and genders backgrounds in cervical screening.

23 April 2024 - We invite you to join our ‘lunch and learn’ webinar to find out more information about a fulfilling career in mental health.

31 August 2022 - The following statement was released following the conclusion of National Cabinet on Wednesday 31 August 2022.

7 April 2025 - You can register in MyMedicare by using your Medicare Online Account or Express Plus Medicare Mobile app, or by filling in a form the next time you visit your general practice.

23 May 2024 - The Aged Care Diversity Consultative Committee advises us on how the aged care system can better cater to people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse needs and life experience.

29 May 2025 - We fund training programs that help health professionals to better recognise and respond to family, domestic and sexual violence. Find out what training is available and how to access it.

9 July 2025 - This webinar provided information to older people, their families and carers, and the aged care sector on the proposed foundations of the new Aged Care Act. Consultation on these proposed elements ran from August to September 2023.

12 October 2025 - We support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to live a healthy lifestyle at every stage of their lives. This includes measures to encourage people to be active, eat healthy and avoid risky behaviours; family health support; and mental health and suicide prevention initiatives.