Publications

Download and share this tile on your social media channels to help raise awareness of the health harms of vaping and encourage your mob to quit.

Download and share this tile on your social media channels to help raise awareness of the health harms of vaping and encourage your mob to quit.

Download and share this tile on your social media channels to help raise awareness of the health harms of vaping and encourage your mob to quit.

This document contains the member biographies of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Advisory Committee (MRAC).

The Remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Service Development Assistance Panel (SDAP) provides professional support to aged care providers who are located in remote areas or provide care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Use this form to apply for support.

The Nurse Practitioner Workforce Plan Implementation Advisory Group (IAG) met on 28 November 2025. This document provides a record of the meeting.

This fact sheet provides information about what NBS expansion means for families and consumers, expansion progress to date, and upcoming milestones.

This summary of our Governance of Indigenous Data Implementation Plan demonstrates the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's commitment to work in genuine partnership to ensure that First Nations people are afforded the right to exercise ownership and control over Indigenous Data.

This toolkit provides materials to help residential aged care providers and consumer peak bodies communicate with residents, their families and carers about the Residents’ Experience Survey.

This fact sheet provides information on the national NBS decision-making pathway, including the role of each committee in the process.

This poster provides information about finding a bulk billing clinic.

This print advertisement explains that seeing a GP is now more affordable and accessible. Thanks to increased Government funding, more practices are offering bulk billed appointments.

This postcard outlines how to access free healthcare with your Medicare card and where to find a bulk billing general practice.

This fact sheet explains how bulk billing works and how Medicare can cover the cost of your next GP visit.

Explains step 1 of the new NDIS planning framework – how participants prepare for a support needs assessment, what the NDIA will provide, key notices involved, and that current plans continue until a new framework plan is made.

Outlines how NDIS participants can request reviews and appeals under the new planning approach, including internal reviews and external appeals, what decisions can be reviewed, and how reviews focus on the support needs assessment and budget method used to set plans.

Explains the rules for how National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funds can be spent under new framework plans, including requirements to spend funding only on NDIS supports, rules for flexible and stated supports, and limits or conditions to protect integrity and participant safety.

Explains the rules for transitioning National Disability Insurance Scheme participants to new framework plans, including who will transition, how notices are issued, and how the National Disability Insurance Agency will gradually roll out new plans over time to manage change.

Explains the Notice of Impairment rules, including what a notice is, the impairment categories it lists, when the National Disability Insurance Agency can issue or vary a notice, and when participants can request a variation, to improve transparency about NDIS access and eligibility.

Describes step 2 of the new NDIS planning process, where an NDIA assessor meets with a participant to understand daily life, support needs and preferences, documents outcomes in a support needs assessment report, and provides the report to the participant.

Explains the stated supports rules under new framework plans for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including which supports must be specifically listed in a plan, how they differ from flexible funding, and why some supports are always stated to manage risk, cost or integrity.

Explains step 3 of the new NDIS planning process, where the NDIA uses the support needs assessment to set a reasonable and necessary budget, decide flexible and stated supports, confirm plan details, and approve the participant’s plan.

Explains step 4 of the new NDIS planning process, covering how participants use their plan, access supports, have implementation meetings and check-ins, and how the NDIA can make limited plan variations without a new assessment.

Communique from the Council of Elders meeting 10–11 December 2025, noting the Minister’s visit, progress on aged care reform and Support at Home, workforce and market issues, quality and safety, CHSP, harmonisation, accommodation pricing, and priorities for 2026.

This document provides an update from the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ANACAD) after their meeting in November 2025.