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12 November 2025 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly those living in rural and remote areas, are more affected by lung cancer. We worked with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) to make sure the program is culturally safe.

1 February 2024 - The BreastScreen Australia Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) provides expert advice to the BreastScreen Australia Program about clinical issues.

22 December 2025 - Residential aged care is for older people who can no longer live independently at home. We fund residential aged care to make it more affordable and accessible. Learn how government-funded residential aged care works.

12 March 2025 - We had an active COVID-19 health alert between 2020 and 2023. We now manage COVID-19 like other common communicable diseases.

20 May 2025 - Find out how we define and monitor cases of Japanese encephalitis, and where you can learn more about this disease.

31 October 2025 - We have delivered several reforms to increase transparency and quality in aged care. This includes the new Aged Care Act, a new Code of Conduct for workers, a Star Ratings system, a mandatory minimum of care minutes per resident per day, a 24/7 nursing requirement and new quality indicators.

6 June 2025 - Primary Health Networks (PHNs) are independent organisations that we fund to coordinate primary health care in their region. PHNs assess the needs of their community and commission health services so that people in their region can get coordinated health care where and when they need it.

6 November 2023 - Contact the secretariat for enquiries about the Haemopoietic Progenitor Cell (HPC) Sector Clinical Advisory Group’s work.

14 May 2025 - The Better Access Evaluation – Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) has been established to give input, advice and feedback on the evaluation of the Better Access initiative.

29 April 2025 - There are various ways for people to train, upskill and enter the aged care workforce. Find out how we are training new workers and improving the skills of our current workforce to meet the needs of older people.