Publications

The Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule lists all the stoma-related products and appliances that we subsidise under the scheme. You can download the full list in PDF or Excel.

Colonoscopists use this form to report adverse events from diagnostic investigation procedures for program patients. Only use this form if the information has not already been included in the colonoscopy and histopathology report.

Use this form to provide information about your patient’s colonoscopy and histopathology result.

Inclusive beaches are beaches that incorporate access for people living with disability and their carers. This allows all people to use Australia’s beaches, regardless of age or ability.

Accessible Australia will improve access to the natural environment for people living with disability and their carers. National parks are a key part of the Australian natural landscape.

Inclusive play spaces are community spaces designed for people of all ages and abilities. An inclusive play space should provide a range of play types and challenges, while incorporating principles of inclusive design and accessibility.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Support at Home Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme, which will give Support at Home participants access to products, equipment and home modifications based on their assessed needs.

This fact sheet provides information on how Support at Home participants can use self-management for greater control over the services they receive.

This fact sheet provides information on how care management will help Support at Home participants to get the best outcomes from their aged care services.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the 8 ongoing classifications and budgets in the Support at Home program.

We encourage you to use the resources in this kit and share them with young people in your community.

From Semester 1 2026, the National Consistent Payments (NCP) framework will provide support payments to supervisors, practices and registrars on the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program.

Aged care workers and volunteers can download this checklist of training opportunities to keep track of their learning on the new Aged Care Act.

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.

Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of preventable blindness. In Australia, it occurs primarily in remote and very remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, South Australia, and Western Australia. This document reports on the prevalence of trachoma in Australia in 2024.

This user guide gives step-by-step instructions on how to use the My Aged Care service and support portal, focusing on administrator functions.

This guide explains how to create and maintain information about service delivery outlets using the My Aged Care Service and Support Portal.

This booklet is aimed at older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families and carers. It contains information about the Support at Home program.

Support at Home helps older people live at home for longer. This fact sheet provides information about the program for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their families and carers.

Support at Home helps older people live at home for longer. This fact sheet provides information about the Support at Home classifications and funding for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their families and carers.

The FOI operational manual lists our operational information, to help staff on our obligations for handling FOI requests for the department.

Information for Medical Research Future Fund and National Health and Medical Research Council applicants on how to account for sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation in their research.

A joint Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) statement about new changes to make research inclusive.

The 2025 Progress Report shares updates on the progress made by all Governments on each of the 222 recommendations made by the Royal Commission in the Final Report, including what has been achieved to date and what work is in progress.

Read the original Queensland Government response to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.