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18 December 2024 - Your lungs cannot protect you from the toxic and cancer-causing chemicals in smoke. Learn more about these chemicals and how they can affect you.

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.

10 June 2025 - This webinar provided updates on the development of the new Aged Care Act, a new model for regulating aged care, the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards, and in-home aged care reforms, including the new Support at Home program. It will also include a live question-and-answer session.

7 June 2021 - Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) statement on managed quarantine for international arrivals including hotel quarantine.

8 September 2020 - Find out how the free breast screen session works. We take a step-by-step approach during the appointment. You can also find out where your results go.

2 December 2021 - The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has noted the emergence of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, which has been named the Omicron variant.

4 August 2025 - This collection contains the emergency management plans we follow when responding to both domestic and international health emergencies.

18 June 2025 - Immunisation is especially important for health care workers because they have a high risk of catching diseases from infected people. They can then easily pass them on to other people.

24 October 2022 - On 30 November 2021, we launched the Every Moment Matters campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the risks of drinking alcohol while pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding.

3 May 2022 - A statement from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) on recommendations for managing COVID-19 health risks.