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25 August 2026 - Aged care workers are fundamental to delivering the care all Australians expect for older people. An award wage rise recognises the value of aged care workers and the complex work they do.

29 July 2026 - The Precision Health Research Program will provide $200 million to boost genomic health care and research capability. It will improve genetic testing and treatment, and support earlier identification of people at risk of developing disease.

4 June 2024 - The Global Health initiative will provide $30 million over 10 years from 2024–25 to fund projects that improve our understanding of global health threats and how best to tackle them.

13 August 2026 - The Reducing Health Inequities Mission is investing $150 million for research to address inequities in health outcomes. This funding will improve access to quality health services by priority populations.

25 June 2026 - Learn about the roles and career pathways for the First Nations health workforce.

5 August 2025 - This collection contains open letters to stakeholders, updates to proposed consultation forums and progress of the 4 phases for the Independent Review of Complexity in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS).

10 September 2024 - The Co-design Working Group (CWG) formed in November 2023 to support the co-design of an Enhanced Consumer Engagement Process for Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The group worked to improve how we include the views of consumers and patients earlier in the medicines listing process.

30 July 2025 - Historically, science has not considered the full spectrum of sex, gender and sexual orientation. This has led to health and medical research that does not fully reflect the needs of all Australians. We are collaborating with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to change this.

19 December 2025 - Registered providers must meet legislated requirements to deliver safe, quality aged care services, manage fees and operations to be funded by the Australian Government.

28 March 2025 - Medicare UCCs provide urgent health care in a GP setting, so you don’t have to wait at your local emergency department.