National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry

The National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry stores data on occupational respiratory diseases in Australia. It will help to reduce, eliminate, and improve our understanding of preventable occupational respiratory diseases.

Important update for Queensland physicians

The Queensland Register has officially closed under the amended Public Health Act 2005 (Qld). From 23 September 2025, all notifiable dust lung diseases that were previously reported to the Queensland Notifiable Dust Lung Disease Register must now be reported to the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry.

For further information, please refer to the factsheet.

NORDR will be temporarily unavailable from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (AEST) on Thursday, 6 November 2025

The National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR) will undergo system testing and minor updates. As a result, access to NORDR will be temporarily unavailable from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Thursday, 6 November 2025 (AEST).

Please save any submissions and ensure you have logged off the portal before the maintenance window begins. Do not attempt to log back in until after the maintenance window has ended.

If you experience any difficulties using the portal after 9:00 PM on Thursday, 6 November 2025, or if you wish to provide feedback, please contact the National Registry helpdesk on 1300 293 202 or at helpdesk@NORDR.au.

National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry

Monthly dashboard report

The report shows a summary of the information collected since the National Registry began on 22 May 2024. It is updated on the first day of each month.

About the registry

Learn about the registry and why it is important.

Access the registry

Log in to the registry to report or review data on occupational respiratory diseases in Australia.

Occupational respiratory diseases

Learn about prescribed and non-prescribed occupational respiratory diseases.

Governance

Find out who can access and report data to the registry.

Browse information for

Patients

Find out when your physician must report to the registry and what information you need to provide.

Physicians

Learn about physician reporting requirements, what occupational respiratory diseases to report, and how to report them.

Government agencies

Find out how to apply for registry data access as a state or territory government agency.

Training videos

Training videos

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Managing notifications and patients in the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry

This educational video takes you through managing notifications and patients in the National Registry, covering editing of patient consent, minimum information, and additional information as well as deleting draft notifications.
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Making a notification to the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry

This educational video explains how to make a disease notification in the national registry. It covers including patient consent, minimum information and additional information. This is for healthcare professionals who specialise in respiratory and sleep, and occupational and environmental medicine.

Latest resources

Latest resources

National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry brochure

This brochure contains key information regarding the National Registry, including types of data collected, purpose of the National Registry, physician obligations, and contact details for the physician help desk. This brochure contains links to the National Registry website and the Physician Portal.

Contacts

National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry contact

Contact us for more information about the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry.
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