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14 May 2024 - This document provides an update from the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ANACAD) after their meeting on 29 February and 1 March 2024.

25 February 2025 - Details of all contracts worth $100,000 or more entered into in the last 12 months.

5 May 2025 - Find out more about visiting a Medicare UCC for when you've got a medical problem that can't wait for a regular doctor’s appointment, but isn't a full-blown emergency.

19 June 2025 - This fact sheet provides information and guidance for primary health care staff and services, including general practitioners (GPs), providing care to people with intellectual or developmental disability during the COVID-19 pandemic.

20 June 2025 - Private health insurance clinical category and procedure type updates following Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item changes from 1 July 2025 and reinclusion of 7 natural therapies as eligible for private health insurance.

19 June 2025 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for influenza (laboratory confirmed), which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

25 June 2025 - This circular provides information about hospital accommodation benefits, nursing home type patient rates and the second-tier application fee from 1 July 2025.

21 July 2025 - This fact sheet provides a high-level summary of the key changes made to the Rules following the consultation period.

9 July 2024 - This fact sheet gives patients with mental health issues an overview of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the MBS initiative.

22 July 2025 - NHMRC Correspondence Relating to Gender Dysphoria