Resources

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 aged care providers and workers understand their responsibilities and obligations to prepare for and prevent the spread of infectious respiratory diseases.

The Australian Government will invest $573.3 million to deliver more choice, lower costs and better health care for women.

These documents outline the goals and investment priorities of the Australian Brain Cancer Mission. The Australian Brain Cancer Mission is a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) initiative.

Please answer the following questions by circling the reply that applies to your personal circumstances.

The Australian General Practice Training program guidelines (AGPT Guidelines) support the implementation and delivery of the AGPT program under a college-led training model, which commenced 1 February 2023. Note that updated AGPT Guidelines will be published prior to 1 January 2026.

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 framework is for is for aged care needs assessors. It guides assessors on the principles of high quality assessments to support the client experience.

Strengthening Medicare with more bulk billing for 1 November 2025. The Australian Government is investing $7.9 billion to expand eligibility for bulk billing incentives to all Australians and establish the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program to support general practices to bulk bill all patients

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.

New tobacco control laws came into effect on 1 April 2024 that outline requirements for tobacco and e-cigarette packaging, appearance, content and reporting. From 13 December 2024, cigarettes that contain a filter must include an on-product health message. Find out more about the transition periods.

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.

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.