Publications

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will step up public health prevention and promotion activities around blood borne viruses (BBV) and sexually transmissible infections (STI).

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will strengthen Australia’s National Gene Technology Scheme to better protect the health and safety of people and the environment.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide funding for a further two years to implement, administer and monitor the Health Star Rating (HSR) system.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will continue to tackle drug and alcohol abuse, funding a comprehensive package to ensure people get the right services and support, when and where they need it.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government is boosting support for people affected by domestic violence with an additional $9.6 million investment.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government is introducing vital reforms to help safeguard the integrity of Australian sport and combat present, emerging and future threats from doping, match-fixing, illegal betting, organised crime, and corruption.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will develop a Sports Industry Growth Plan.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will expand the Community Sport Infrastructure Grants Program to support more community-led sport and physical activity projects and get more Australians moving more often.

This poster aims to prompt pregnant women to think about getting the free whooping cough vaccine when pregnant.

This research was conducted to further understand the knowledge base for adolescents and their parents around school-based vaccinations.

This strategy outlines Australia’s national approach to improving the health of men and boys – particularly those at greatest risk of poor health – and to reducing inequities between different groups.

These quarterly reports provide an update on the operation of the Home Care Packages Program. They include statistics on assessment, approvals, services, people waiting for services, wait times and maximum exit amounts.

This final protocol describes the methodology reviewers will follow to assess use of enzyme replacement medicines under the Life Saving Drugs Program medicines for Gaucher disease (type 1).

This final protocol describes the methodology reviewers will follow to assess use of Life Saving Drugs Program medicines for Fabry disease.

The surveillance reports summarise the status of an ongoing outbreak of infectious syphilis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and rural areas of northern Australia. This report consolidates the monthly surveillance reports from May 2018 to January 2019.

The surveillance reports summarise the status of an ongoing outbreak of infectious syphilis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and rural areas of northern Australia. This report consolidates the monthly surveillance reports from March 2016 to February 2018.

This review showed that the program plays an effective and important role where Australia’s health and aged care systems meet. It has supported the early discharge of older people from hospital and can help delay their entry into residential care.

This fact sheet describes the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.

The National Strategic Action Plan for Arthritis aims to guide national efforts to address the burden of arthritis.

The National Strategic Action Plan for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) provides a path to better care, better quality of life and reduced burden of IBD for the Australian community.

This poster outlines the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.

This annual report covers the commissioner’s activities from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

The Roadmap for Hearing Health was developed independently by the Hearing Health Sector Committee. It sets out suggested actions to support short, medium and long-term improvements in hearing health for all people in Australia.

This report contains information about each of the diseases reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in 2015.

This document provides a plan to support Primary Health Networks as they take part in mental health reform over the next 5 years.