Publications

This fact sheet explains how bulk billing works and how Medicare can cover the cost of your next GP visit.

Explains step 1 of the new NDIS planning framework – how participants prepare for a support needs assessment, what the NDIA will provide, key notices involved, and that current plans continue until a new framework plan is made.

Outlines how NDIS participants can request reviews and appeals under the new planning approach, including internal reviews and external appeals, what decisions can be reviewed, and how reviews focus on the support needs assessment and budget method used to set plans.

Explains the rules for how National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funds can be spent under new framework plans, including requirements to spend funding only on NDIS supports, rules for flexible and stated supports, and limits or conditions to protect integrity and participant safety.

Explains the rules for transitioning National Disability Insurance Scheme participants to new framework plans, including who will transition, how notices are issued, and how the National Disability Insurance Agency will gradually roll out new plans over time to manage change.

Explains the Notice of Impairment rules, including what a notice is, the impairment categories it lists, when the National Disability Insurance Agency can issue or vary a notice, and when participants can request a variation, to improve transparency about NDIS access and eligibility.

Describes step 2 of the new NDIS planning process, where an NDIA assessor meets with a participant to understand daily life, support needs and preferences, documents outcomes in a support needs assessment report, and provides the report to the participant.

Explains the stated supports rules under new framework plans for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including which supports must be specifically listed in a plan, how they differ from flexible funding, and why some supports are always stated to manage risk, cost or integrity.

Explains step 3 of the new NDIS planning process, where the NDIA uses the support needs assessment to set a reasonable and necessary budget, decide flexible and stated supports, confirm plan details, and approve the participant’s plan.

Explains step 4 of the new NDIS planning process, covering how participants use their plan, access supports, have implementation meetings and check-ins, and how the NDIA can make limited plan variations without a new assessment.

Communique from the Council of Elders meeting 10–11 December 2025, noting the Minister’s visit, progress on aged care reform and Support at Home, workforce and market issues, quality and safety, CHSP, harmonisation, accommodation pricing, and priorities for 2026.

This document provides an update from the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ANACAD) after their meeting in November 2025.

This document provides report on activities undertaken by the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ANACAD) in 2025.

Council of Elders meeting October outlining progress on the Aged Care Act 2024, Support at Home, CHSP, transport access, disability and carer coordination, First Nations aged care, dementia, and culturally safe design initiatives.

Appliance Scheme product utilisation data quarterly report for October to December 2025

The National Lung Cancer Screening Policy sets out our approach to improving health outcomes for Australians by detecting lung cancer earlier and reducing lung cancer related deaths.

This public summary document outlines Stoma Product Assessment Panel recommendations, after assessing products for the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule in May 2025.

This public summary document outlines Stoma Product Assessment Panel recommendations, after assessing products for the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule in May 2025.

This public summary document outlines Stoma Product Assessment Panel recommendations, after assessing products for the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule in May 2025.

This public summary document outlines Stoma Product Assessment Panel recommendations, after assessing products for the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule in May 2025.

This public summary document outlines Stoma Product Assessment Panel recommendations, after assessing products for the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule in May 2025.

This public summary document outlines Stoma Product Assessment Panel recommendations, after assessing products for the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule in May 2025.

This Business to Government (B2G) User Guide aims to support software vendors and their developers to interact with us and to assist aged care providers with procuring software to leverage the B2G capability.

This publication provides key information from the 16th meeting of the Allied Health Industry Reference Group, which was open to all allied health professional associations. The publication includes major topics that were covered, points of discussion, and actions that the Department has agreed to.

Social media tile to support quitting smoking and vaping.