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13 July 2023 - Information about HPV vaccines, who it is recommended for and how and where to get vaccinated. If you're eligible, you can get the HPV vaccine for free under the National Immunisation Program.

11 November 2024 - This detailed paper guided the public consultation on the draft new Aged Care Act.

10 January 2024 - There is no safe smoking option – tobacco is always harmful. Light, low-tar and filtered cigarettes aren’t any safer – people usually smoke them more deeply or smoke more of them. The only way to reduce harm is to quit smoking.

20 August 2024 - We’re developing a new model for regulating aged care as part of the changes to improve the quality and safety of aged care in Australia. In this webinar, we share the details and seek your views on the proposed changes.

21 December 2023 - Passive smoking is when you breathe in the smoke from other people’s cigarettes, cigars or pipes. It is a serious health threat – being exposed to tobacco smoke for just a moment can cause harm. Unborn babies, children and people with breathing problems are most at risk.

30 June 2012 - This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provide risk assessors with data on human factors for exposure assessment components of environmental health risk assessments.

11 November 2024 - This webinar, held on 18 January 2024, was an interactive discussion about the final draft of the new Aged Care Act which was available for consultation until 8 March 2024.

3 March 2025 - Laureen is a volunteer coordinator at Wintringham in North Melbourne. She shares her experience working in aged care.

6 September 2024 - This webinar is for older Australians, their families and carers, and the aged care sector. It provides an update on the feedback we received on a new program for in-home aged care discussion paper. The webinar outlines the next steps for the reforms.

30 April 2017 - This report assesses animal toxicology and epidemiology material for effects of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) on the immune system.