Our Guidance pages have changed
25 Nov 2024
Guidance is now clearer to understand, easier to navigate and more reliable. It’s easier to keep track of changes to Guidance and understand the rules you need to follow.
New Guidance section
We have moved our content that helps to explain the law into a new Guidance section.
We now define Guidance as content that ‘explains the laws and regulations governing the development, manufacturing, marketing, and supply of therapeutic goods in Australia.’
On the Guidance listing page, you can filter Guidance by audience, product type, topic or the year it was last updated. You can also search within Guidance.
You can use filters and a search function to find specific Guidance.
Navigating Guidance
We have improved page navigation with useful new features.
Sticky navigation
Sticky navigation makes it easy to move through long pages. Once you scroll past the ‘On this page’ menu, the sticky navigation appears as the top of the page and allows you to jump to headings.
Sticky navigation makes it easy to jump to major headings.
Detailed table of contents
On pages with many headings and subheadings, the detailed table of contents allows you to see them all and jump directly to a specific heading. Click ‘Show detailed table of contents’ to expand the section, which is under the usual ‘On this page’ menu. You will only see this feature on longer pages where it is needed.
On longer pages, the detailed table of contents allows you to see and jump directly to subheadings.
Keeping track of changes
It’s now easier to know when we publish new Guidance or make changes.
Visual indicators for new or updated Guidance
Visual indicators flag pages that have been recently published or updated. These indicators appear on the Guidance listing page, and on individual Guidance pages. These indicators stay up for 30 days.
‘Updated’ indicator on Guidance search results page.
‘Recently updated’ indicator on individual Guidance page.
You can also subscribe to our Guidance RSS feed to receive immediate notifications when we publish new or updated Guidance.
Page history section
‘Page history’ shows a clear list of changes over time. This is the same as version history in a document.
The ‘Page history’ section lists changes and when they were made.
Saving and sharing Guidance
We understand that sometimes you still want to download Guidance to your computer.
Save as PDF
The ‘Save as PDF’ function allows you to save Guidance to your computer and print it out.
Click ‘Save as PDF’ to download a formatted copy of the Guidance.
Bookmarkable headings
Bookmarkable headings allow for easy bookmarking and sharing of specific sections of Guidance. Click on the link icon to easily share a specific section of a page.
Click the link icon to generate a link to that specific heading.
Clear links to related legislation
We heard feedback that it wasn’t always clear which laws Guidance was helping to explain. In response, we’ve introduced changes to help make the link between Guidance and legislation clearer.
A list of related legislation now appears on each Guidance page, clearly showing the laws it is explaining.
The ‘Legislation’ section clearly shows the laws the Guidance is explaining.
Let us know what you think
Have your say on our new changes to Guidance by completing our survey. Your feedback will help us continue improving our Guidance.