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22 February 2024 - The Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program aims to reduce smoking rates among First Nations Australians. Local organisations run activities designed to prevent the uptake of smoking, promote quitting, and solve emerging issues, such as the use of e-cigarettes by youth.

27 August 2025 - BreastScreen Australia Services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) must be accredited every 4 years. These resources are used in the accreditation process.

4 November 2025 - These resources will help aged care assessors to use the My Aged Care assessor portal. They include fact sheets, guidelines and system user guides.

21 January 2026 - Our AI transparency statement explains how we intend to use AI technology, and how we will adopt and use AI in line with the Australian public's and Government's expectations.

4 December 2025 - Hearing Services Program providers must follow the terms of their contract and legislation. We help providers to maintain compliance and regularly conduct compliance monitoring.

6 June 2025 - Primary Health Networks (PHNs) assess the health care needs of their community and commission health services to meet those needs, minimising gaps or duplication. They support health services to connect with each other to improve people’s care and strengthen the primary health care system.

30 September 2025 - Health professionals need the right knowledge, skills and attitudes to care for people with intellectual disability. The Curriculum Development Project will support universities and accreditation authorities to improve pre-registration education for health professionals to better meet this need.

31 May 2024 - Read the latest news from Health.

25 November 2024 - Explore videos and publications related to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

2 June 2023 - Australian governments run a number of health screening programs that look for early signs of certain diseases. These population-based programs are offered to everyone in defined target groups. Screening helps reduce the risk of Australians developing or dying from these diseases.