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12 March 2025 - Depending on your circumstances, you might be able to get an exemption that allows you to access Medicare rebates before the end of your 10-year moratorium. The best way to get an indefinite exemption is to work in a DPA or DWS location. Exemptions to work outside those locations are limited.

9 December 2025 - Find out how we manage personal information collected through an assessment organisation. The department contracts the assessment organisation to undertake aged care needs assessments.

19 June 2025 - Dr Nick Coatsworth, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, talks about the National Medical Stockpile.

5 August 2025 - A collection of fact sheets from the 2021–⁠22 Budget.

31 October 2025 - Infection prevention and control (IPC) is essential for the safety and wellbeing of older people accessing aged care. It helps prevent the spread of high-risk infectious respiratory diseases such as COVID-19, influenza, and gastroenteritis.

30 March 2021 - The Australian Public Service employee census report for 2020 has been released. Read more about the census and Health's results.

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

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

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

28 July 2022 - This video, in English, provides information on the increased spread of flu during the winter months and the importance to prepare a winter plan and have it in place should you get sick