Publications

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on setting up healthy eating practices within the family, to help children develop good eating habits.

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on introducing solid food to children from the age of 6 months, what foods to introduce and talking to your child's carer about what stage your child is.

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provides an overview of Australia's major arthropod pests of public health importance. It focusses on recommendations for first aid, personal protection measures and pest management.

The Security Sensitive Biological Agent (SSBA) Standards outline the handling, storage, disposal and transport requirements of confirmed and suspected SSBAs under the National Health Security Regulations 2018. Entities that handle suspected or known SSBAs must comply with these standards.

This Get Up & Grow booklet is for people who care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. It provides advice on childhood nutrition and physical activity.

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about breastfeeding.

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about infant formula.

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about introducing solid foods to babies aged about 6 months.

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about healthy eating.

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about drinking healthy drinks.

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged up to 1 year.

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged 1 to 5 years.

This fact sheet provides information about the 2013 changes to the National Health Security Act 2007, the National Health Security Regulations 2008 and the SSBA Standards.

Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing’s report on the inquiry into early intervention programs aimed at reducing youth suicide

Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Report on the: Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Related Bills

These guidelines for Public Health Units provide nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to pertussis (whooping cough). They are part of a Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) published by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA).

Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing report: Weighing it up – obesity in Australia

The Australian Dietary Guidelines provide evidence based recommendations on the types and amounts of foods Australians should eat to meet nutritional requirements.

This document provides recommendations for infection prevention and control procedures to minimise the risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in healthcare settings.

This document provides recommendations for infection prevention and control procedures to minimise the risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in health care settings.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for legionellosis, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for listeriosis, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for paratyphoid, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This brochure outlines the health warnings required on tobacco product packaging that are part of the Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Information Standard 2011.

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) outlines how to minimise financial, health and reputation risks for local governments with environmental health responsibilities, and protect the interests of their communities and their organisation.