Publications

This page lists the medical devices and human tissue products private health insurers must pay benefits for to the patients who have appropriate insurance policies. The latest version of the Prescribed List is effective from 1 March 2025.

This guidance document provides information for aged care providers on the Fair Work Commission aged care award wage increase for nurses.

This table provides COVID-19 vaccination rates of aged care residents by facility across Australia over the past 12 months, using data from the Australian Immunisation Register.

These presentation slides are for the Award wage increase for nurses in aged care webinar held on Tuesday 18 February 2025.

This toolkit provides materials to help residential aged care providers and consumer peak bodies communicate with residents, their families and carers about the Residents’ Experience Survey.

This document provides answers to questions about the Fair Work Commission’s decision in the Aged Care Work Value Case which will deliver further increases to award wages for many registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care from 1 March 2025.

This document answers the questions raised during the New Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide webinar held on Thursday 3 October 2024.

This snapshot provides information on the financial performance of the Australian aged care sector from 1 July to 30 September 2024. It includes analysis of residential care and home care.

This data extract provides all headline figures from all Quarterly Financial Snapshot (QFS) reports including quarter 1 2024–25. This extract will be updated quarterly in line with each new QFS publication.

The Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Declaration Framework and Implementation Plan offers a 10-year strategic approach to achieving the highest attainable standard of mental health and suicide prevention outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This communique documents a joint meeting of the National Lung Cancer Screening Program's Expert Advisory Committee (EAC), Program Advisory Group (PAG) and other key stakeholders. The meeting was held on 19 February 2025.

These reports list the percentage of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 by local government area (LGA).

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.

This data file contains statistical data about Australia's COVID-19 vaccinations.

This presentation, delivered on 14 February 2025, contains an update to Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

This checklist will support aged care providers in completing the Residential Care Labour Cost and Hours section of the Quarterly Financial Report.

This guide will help providers recording accrual invoices for labour costs and hours within the Quarterly Financial Report.

This document gives business guidance on claims and payments for providers who will be operating under Support at Home from July 2025.

This is an Easy Read update about short term actions in the National Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability.

This is a revised draft of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards that reflects wording changes for the subordinate legislation drafting process under the new Aged Care Act 2024.

The Stage 3 release of the Aged Care Rules focuses on provider obligations under Chapter 3 of the new Aged Care Act.

The Stage 3 release of the Aged Care Rules focuses on provider obligations under Chapter 3 of the new Aged Care Act. This document aims to help people better understand the Rules and support them to submit feedback.

This document outlines the topics, including indicative timelines, for each release of the Aged Care Rules consultation.

These slides are for the residential care fees and means testing webinar held on 11 February 2025.

Government response to inquiry – Issues related to menopause and perimenopause