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6 June 2025 - The WIP improves access to quality medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health services in regional, rural and remote areas. Its financial incentives encourage doctors to work in these areas and support medical practices to employ nurses, midwives and eligible allied health professionals.

30 May 2025 - Genetics and genomics have the potential to reshape how we prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor illness. Find out what we’re doing to develop strategies and policies to both safeguard public health and improve the health of all Australians through gene technologies.

20 May 2025 - The work we do shapes health, aged care and sport policy, programs and research in Australia.

23 May 2025 - The new National Lung Cancer Screening Program will maximise early detection of lung cancer.

4 June 2025 - To access the Home Care Packages Program, older people must first be assessed by an aged care assessor. Find out how packages are assigned and funded, and how services are delivered to support older people with complex needs to live independently at home.

4 June 2025 - We are reforming in-home aged care to help older people live independently at home for longer. Support at Home will replace Home Care Packages and the Short-Term Restorative Care Programme from 1 November 2025. Commonwealth Home Support Programme will transition no earlier than 1 July 2027.

13 June 2025 - A list of resources – including apps, audio and video resources and other publications – about the aged care workforce.

17 June 2025 - If we detect incorrect Medicare payments during a compliance audit, the Shared Debt Recovery Scheme allows us to split a debt between the practitioner and the person who manages their billing and claiming.

22 September 2024 - As a DSOA service coordinator, you must meet all the requirements of your grant agreement. This includes conducting annual reviews of each client’s services, supporting clients’ changing needs, and managing emergency situations.

11 June 2025 - What treating physicians need to do to prescribe Life Saving Drugs Program (LSDP) medicines, comply with program requirements, and make any required changes.