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5 March 2024 - We assess medicines for safety and quality and regulate how they are supplied. We work with state and territory governments and stakeholders to help ensure Australians have equal and affordable access to medicines when they need them.

10 February 2026 - Restrictive practices should be used only as a last resort to help prevent harm to older people in aged care and their carers. There are laws and measures in place to reduce the inappropriate use of restrictive practices.

4 August 2025 - A collection of fact sheets from the 2020–21 Budget.

20 March 2025 - Recommendations from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of the Moderna bivalent (Original/Omicron BA.4/5) COVID-19 vaccine.

26 May 2025 - Join Ms Rosemary Huxtable AO PSM for an update on the National Health and Medical Research Strategy.

28 September 2021 - Recommendations from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on COVID-19 vaccines in adolescents.

21 August 2021 - Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd's press conference on 21 August 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).

30 May 2024 - Survivors of brain injuries caused by stroke and other serious events can lose function in their arms and hands. An Australian company is creating a virtual reality therapy system to help survivors regain the use of these limbs.

13 June 2025 - Nursing students participating in the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program reflect on the practical skills they have acquired and the benefit of gaining real-life experience through the program.

23 January 2026 - To make sure privately insured patients in Australia can access safe and effective medical devices, we regulate the listing of devices and products on the Prescribed List. Learn about the cost recovery arrangements of fees and charges for these activities.