Publications

Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee report: Annual reports (No.2 of 2012)

This fact sheet provides information about Medicare Benefits Schedule annual health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including what makes a good health check, and which health practitioners are eligible to provide it.

This fact sheet provides information about follow-up allied health services to Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) annual health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (MBS items 81300–81360).

Find out about the breast cancer screening program and whether you should take part in it.

These guidelines for health professionals outline medications available for treating opioid dependence in Australia. They are intended for use by those not experienced in the treatment of alcohol and other drug problems.

Statement from the Standing Committee on Screening about what men need to consider before they decide to get tested for prostate cancer.

Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) advice for immunisation providers on the use of Bexsero®.

These guidelines provide information and advice for adults about how much physical activity they should do each day, and about minimising sedentary behaviour.

This fact sheet provides some tips and ideas for adding activity into your everyday life, and for reducing the time you spend sitting and lying down. Small changes to your daily routine can make a big difference.

This fact sheet provides some tips and ideas for adding activity into your everyday life, and for reducing the time you spend sitting and lying down. Small changes to your daily routine can make a big difference.

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

This guideline informs entities and facilities under the Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBA) Regulatory Scheme when and how they can allow other regulatory schemes to access secure SSBA areas or sensitive information.

This guideline outlines the reporting and other general requirements for a non-registered facility that receives a confirmed, or suspected, security sensitive biological agent (SSBA).

This guideline explains what entities or facilities are for the purposes of the Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBA) Regulatory Scheme.

This guideline informs registered entities and facilities about the Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBA) Regulatory Scheme’s reporting requirements and contains several flow charts.

This policy outlines why we don’t routinely screen women under 50 years of age for breast cancer. Women aged between 40 and 49 are still able to be screened if they want to.

At the 18 December 2013 meeting of the Standing Council on Disability Reform ministers from all jurisdictions endorsed the revised National Standards for Disability Services (NSDS).

This policy outlines how BreastScreen Australia manages women who present to the screening program with symptoms of breast cancer.

This policy outlines why we don’t routinely screen women who already have breast cancer symptoms. They need diagnostic mammography rather than the screening program.

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

This evaluation resource aims to help the states and territories assess the process and impact of introducing the National Healthy School Canteens guidelines to school canteens.

This fact sheet provides advice to food handlers on health, hygiene, food preparation, hand washing and gloves procedures.

These training documents help canteen managers set up healthy canteens.

These guidelines provide information to school canteen managers who want to supply healthy foods and drinks in their canteens.

This pocket guide provides a summary of the guidelines, including what makes a healthy canteen menu, what foods to select, and what to avoid.