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6 August 2025 - Find out how we manage any personal information we collect when you sign up for our ‘Health, Disability and Ageing updates’, previously known as Health and Aged Care updates.

30 October 2025 - As the weather cools down in most parts of Australia, protect yourself against serious illnesses by booking your vaccinations this winter.

18 November 2025 - National Cabinet has commissioned a review of Australia’s regulatory settings for health professionals. It will consider ways to help ease health workforce shortages while maintaining high standards in health care quality and patient safety.

4 August 2025 - The national Australian secondary school students alcohol and drug (ASSAD) survey explores adolescent substance use in Australia.

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.

10 June 2025 - A3 poster for use on entry to residential aged care homes to help protect residents from COVID-19 (blue).

28 March 2020 - A statement from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) about coronavirus (COVID-19).

12 December 2025 - A summary of the demand and gap analysis of ‘independent disability advocacy and decision-making supports.'

5 September 2022 - This stakeholder kit offers a range of activities to help children learn how to stay safe from viral infections like COVID-19, with helpful information for parents and guardians about the importance of all childhood vaccinations.

4 March 2024 - This page lists diseases that states and territories have agreed to report to us through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.