Publications

Ministerial Statement of Expectations for the NDIS Commission.

This webinar was held on 16 September 2025 and provides updates on the MPSP reforms, policy manual, and the Thin Markets review work underway.

This fortnightly Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report (ARSR) includes information about acute respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally in 2025. It includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, vaccine rollout, testing and PPE provided to services.

These resources provide guidance on submitting funding requests for the assistive technology and home modifications needs of their Home Care Packages (HCP) care recipients transitioning to Support at Home. They are for staff of approved organisations providing home care services.

This document outlines the Healthdirect and signage requirements for practices participating in Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP).

This fact sheet provides an overview of the proposed changes to the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.

This guide provides a step-by-step approach for aged care providers to identifying training needs, prioritising learning areas and structuring a training plan that aligns with workforce segments, operating environment and available resources.

This catalogue lists learning modules and education resources to help aged care providers and workers upskill in areas related to the Aged Care Act 2024.

This template will help aged care providers create a structured, practical workforce training plan that supports implementation of the Aged Care Act 2024.

This guide will support aged care providers to understand what’s changing, how to apply it in their daily work and how to use training, reflection and feedback to continually improve care delivery.

This user guide assists CHSP providers with their provision of information obligation as part of service provision under the Aged Care Act 2024.

This checklist should be read in conjunction with the CHSP Service Agreement Template and User Guide and Care and Services Plan checklist.

This document provides guidance for CHSP providers on developing Care and Services Plans required under the Aged Care Act 2024 starting from 1 November 2025.

This user guide is intended to assist providers to complete the Service Agreement and how to support their CHSP clients to understand their rights when accessing funded aged care services.

This document provides a template for a Service Agreement under the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), outlining the terms between the service provider and client.

The Prescribed List reforms finished in June 2025. This document list the reforms objectives and achievements.

Meeting updates from the National Carer Strategy Advisory Committee for 2025.

This factsheet provides information for participants of the Rural Procedural Grants Program in relation to the different models of training and the related rates of financial support which can be claimed under the program.

The Australian Government has developed the National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing, which aims to guide and support consumer and community participation in all aspects of health policy-making and decision making, leading to improved policy and health and wellbeing outcomes.

This policy outlines what a conflict of interest is, the types of conflicts of interest prospective or registered supporters may need to consider, and a registered supporter’s duty to declare, and avoid or manage, conflicts under the Act.

This policy outlines the process to make a request to register a supporter under the Act. This policy also includes information that should be considered before or during making a registration application.

The Aged Care Rules 2025 provide further detail and explanation of how the Aged Care Act 2024 will work. This fact sheet provides a summary of changes to the Rules since the release of the Exposure Draft on 31 July 2025.

This fact sheet provides an overview of amending legislation passed by the Australian Parliament in September 2025. The amendments will ensure the effective operation of the Aged Care Act 2024 which starts from 1 November 2025.

This policy outlines the duties of registered supporters under the Act and possible consequences for non-compliance with these duties.