Publications

The best way to protect you and your baby is to stop smoking and vaping.

This poster shows how your body starts to fix itself once you stop smoking.

This poster shows how your body starts to fix itself once you stop smoking.

This fact sheet provides information for non-specialised metropolitan residential aged care providers on upcoming changes to care minutes funding.

Use this form to apply to access products on the Stoma Appliance Scheme.

Grant opportunities for Consumer Health Literacy and Health Professional Education projects were sought in 2024. The Department received more than 50 applications and these were considered by an Assessment Committee. Here are some of the successful organisations and their projects.

This public summary document outlines Stoma Product Assessment Panel recommendations, after assessing products for the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule in November 2024.

This poster provides information about getting your child aged 6 months to under 5 years vaccinated against the flu in 2025.

This document provides information on service-level care minutes targets in residential aged care for financial year 2024-25.

This poster provides information about getting vaccinated against the flu in 2025.

This poster provides information for pregnant women and their partners about getting vaccinated against the flu in 2025.

Sport Horizon sets the priorities for sport in Australia over the next decade. It provides a framework to align our focus, efforts and resources, to realise our shared vision of healthy, active, connected communities and a thriving sport system.

Learn about the clinical pathway that supports the National Cervical Screening Program and the guidelines for pathology testing of cervical and vaginal samples.

A quick reference guide for healthcare providers about the option of self-collection for cervical screening. It includes information on possible test results and follow-up requirements.

This table shows the guidelines for pathology testing of cervical and vaginal samples.

The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) provides a Pathology Test Guide for Cervical and Vaginal Testing. The resource has been updated to align with the updated NCSP guidelines (released on 6th January 2025) to assist Health Care Professionals and Laboratories.

This Easy Read fact sheet provides a summary of what rights older people have when accessing aged care services.

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 report provides data on the uptake of the Cervical Screening Test self-collection option as at 1 January 2025.

Treating physicians use this form to reapply each year for a patient to receive ongoing LSDP medication for hereditary tyrosinaemia (type 1).

Treating physicians use this form to reapply each year for a patient to receive ongoing LSDP medication for Gaucher disease.

Treating physicians use this form to reapply each year for a patient to receive ongoing LSDP medication for Fabry disease.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 27 November 2024.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 27 November 2024.

The National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (National Registry) was updated on 21 March 2025. This factsheet contains more detailed information about the update.