Publications

This report contains the results of the Aged Care Worker Survey 2024. The survey was conducted by the department to have a better understanding of the aged care workforce and to gather insights to support worker attraction, retention and satisfaction.

This document contains a summary of Marketing in Australia of Infant Formulas (MAIF) complaint outcomes from financial year 2023–24.

This Government Provider Management System (GPMS) user guide provides residential aged care providers with an overview of how to access the care minutes application, view current and upcoming care minutes targets, and view historical care minutes targets.

This Government Provider Management System (GPMS) user guide explains to residential aged care providers how to access the reporting assessment application, upload information and documents for care minutes and 24/7 registered nurse reporting assessments, and view on-site bookings.

This user guide aims to support residential aged care and home care providers in completing and submitting their provider operations reporting requirements via the GPMS portal.

The Excluded Items review began in September 2023. This review sought to answer if the program subsidy was being spent on excluded items and, if so, then how widespread the practice was. For instances where the subsidy was spent for unintended purposes, the review also looked at why this occurred.

This presentation, delivered on 8 November 2024, contains an update to Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

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

The National Maternity Workforce Strategy 2026–2036 is a coordinated effort to build a resilient and sustainable maternity workforce across Australia.

This report is an investigation into the current maternity workforce strategies and plans across Australia Project.

Standard clinical category definitions for private health insurance hospital policies, released on 12 December 2024 and effective 1 January 2025.

This spreadsheet classifies MBS items by private health insurance clinical category or procedure type and includes MBS items effective 1 January 2025.

This booklet provides a pictorial summary of the Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly’s Report to Government in an easy-to-understand format.

This is the Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly’s report to Government. The report outlines key findings and recommendations based on feedback received from older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their families and communities, service providers and peak bodies.

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

This fact sheet provides an update to Medicare eligibility arrangements for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment from 1 July 2025 as well as answers to frequently asked questions about these changes.

This page provides information about changes to capital sensitivity provisions for diagnostic imaging services from 1 July 2024.

The Statement of Intent outlines the National Rural Health Commissioner’s priorities and approach to achieving the obligations referred to in the Assistant Minister’s Statement of Expectations.

A 60-day prescriptions A4 poster for GP clinics and other health care settings.

This action plan outlines Australia’s national approach to improving the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people from 2025 to 2035.

The First Nations Health Funding Transition Advisory Group (FNHFTAG) met on 28 November 2024. This document provides a record of the meeting.

The interim evaluation report covers the period from May 2021 to June 2024 and reports on whether the reforms being implemented and achieving the expected outcomes.

The Statement from Australia’s Carers was developed by a dedicated carer working group of members from the National Carer Strategy Advisory Committee.

The National Carer Strategy 2024-2034 sets out a national agenda to support and improve the lives of Australia’s unpaid carers.

Actions outlined in this plan will drive initial positive change for carers, laying a foundation for continuous improvement and the development and implementation of future work to ensure the Strategy’s vision is realised.