Publications

An update from the Council of Elders after their meeting on 5 and 6 February 2025.

This toolkit provides information and material to support communication with older people from our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to prepare for and prevent the spread of common infectious respiratory diseases, like COVID-19 and influenza (flu).

These presentation slides are for the Reform readiness for NATSIFAC providers webinar event held on Thursday 20 March 2025.

This toolkit provides information and material to support aged care providers and workers understand their responsibilities and obligations to prepare for and prevent the spread of infectious respiratory diseases.

This toolkit provides information and material to support communication with your older community to prepare for and prevent the spread of infectious respiratory diseases, particularly those living in aged care.

This toolkit provides information and material to support communication with older people from our multicultural communities to prepare for and prevent the spread of infectious respiratory diseases, particularly those living in aged care.

Type 2 diabetes is a common chronic disease. Many Australians are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, especially if they have certain risk factors. This tool uses a brief list of questions to assess the risk of a person developing type 2 diabetes in the next 5 years.

This report summarises consultation findings on proposed changes to Star Ratings for residential aged care, focusing on Compliance and Staffing ratings, and 2024 evaluation outcomes. It combines stakeholder feedback to reflect diverse perspectives from various consultation activities.

This fact sheet has been developed as guidance material for CHSP providers to support their unregistered and unassessed CHSP clients in the lead up to the new Aged Care Act 2024 coming into effect on 1 July 2025.

A copy of the letter the department sent CHSP providers to support their unregistered and unassessed CHSP clients in the lead up to the new Aged Care Act 2024.

A letter template developed to help CHSP providers to support their unregistered and unassessed CHSP clients in the lead up to the new Aged Care Act 2024 coming into effect on 1 July 2025.

The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for monkeypox.

The Health Provider Compliance Priorities 2025 reflect our public commitment to act. We also monitor for environmental changes, meaning that compliance priorities may evolve in response to emerging risks.

The Health Provider Compliance Strategy 2025–30 outlines our risk and proportion-based approach to health provider compliance. We aim to prevent incorrect claiming, support providers to get it right, and effectively address cases of non-compliance, contributing to a sustainable Medicare system.

The purpose of this document is to further explain the release of topics in the new Aged Care Rules of the Aged Care Act 2024.

This fact sheet explains the review of the remoteness classification system for aged care. It looks at the use of the Modified Monash Model (MMM) in aged care to support service delivery in regional, rural and remote locations.

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

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.

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

The First Nations Health Funding Transition Advisory Group (FNHFTAG) met on 19 February 2025. This document provides a record of the meeting.

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

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 6 February 2025.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 6 February 2025

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 20 February 2025.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 20 February 2025