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2 October 2025 - Improving Indigenous health is a national priority. We work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to develop and implement strategies, programs and initiatives to improve health and wellbeing.

16 October 2024 - Alcohol is never completely safe, it can cause harm to the person who drinks and sometimes to those around them. The Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol provides evidence-based recommendations on how to keep risk of harm from alcohol low.

21 January 2026 - Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) statement on managed quarantine for international arrivals.

26 April 2024 - This poster outlines the importance of applying repellent, when travelling to avoid mosquito-borne diseases.

10 February 2025 - This initiative will provide $600 million over 10 years from 2024–25 for research infrastructure that will be used to conduct world-class health and medical research.

18 June 2025 - Subscribe for the latest primary health care updates.

17 November 2023 - We aim to improve outcomes for people with cancer by funding research and implementing evidence-based programs to prevent, detect and treat cancer and support people throughout their cancer pathway.

18 November 2024 - Where to find reports on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, how we collect and use standard sets of data to help us track progress towards Closing the Gap health targets, and how Indigenous health services can sign up for newsletters alerting them to changes in reporting processes.

1 March 2026 - The Australian Government has launched a new National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions, along with a Chronic Conditions Prevention and Integrated Care Program. Together these will help improve the prevention, early detection and management of chronic conditions.

10 September 2025 - Christine Edwards is a consumer advocate dedicated to shaping health research through lived experience, so it has meaningful, real-world outcomes. She recently shared her thoughts about the valuable role of consumers and the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) as part of our 10-year celebrations.