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13 June 2025 - Contact us if you have any general enquiries about aged care. You can also use this email address to submit aged care speaker request forms.

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.

18 August 2025 - BreastScreen Australia is a joint initiative of the Australian and state and territory governments and aims to reduce illness and death from breast cancer by detecting the disease early. Women over 40 can have a free mammogram every 2 years and we actively invite women aged 50 to 74 to screen.

30 May 2025 - Read our latest news items related to primary care.

30 May 2025 - Read the latest news related to Medicare.

25 March 2025 - Read the latest committee statements from Health.

6 May 2026 - The Health Business Services (HBS) portal connects industry partners with health business services.

4 May 2026 - Hearing Services Program providers must follow the terms of their contract and legislation. We help providers to maintain compliance and regularly conduct compliance monitoring.

14 January 2026 - From 1 January 2026, the maximum cost of PBS prescription medicines reduced from $31.60 to $25 for Medicare card holders. The concessional co-payment will remain at $7.70 until 2030. This change helps make medicines more affordable and supports Australians with cost-of-living pressures.

8 January 2026 - Australian Digital Health Agency aims to improve health outcomes for Australians through the delivery of national digital health services and systems. They focus on putting data and technology safely to work for patients, consumers and the healthcare professionals who look after them.