01 Oct 2024
New survey calls for continued awareness around silicosis despite engineered stone ban
As Australia marks the beginning of National Safe Work Month, Lung Foundation Australia are working to break the stigma and silence on silicosis and the ongoing threat it poses to 600,000 Australian workers.
30 Sep 2024
Register for the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) 2025–27 extension webinar
We are hosting a webinar for CHSP providers on the 2025–27 grant extension process and update on what the new Aged Care Act will mean for the CHSP.
30 Sep 2024
Revised Guidelines on compounding of medicines take effect 1 October 2024
The Pharmacy Board of Australia (the Board) is reminding pharmacists that the Revised Guidelines on compounding of medicines (the revised guidelines) published in August will take effect on 1 October 2024.
30 Sep 2024
Do you use the GRIM books? We want to hear from you!
Each year the AIHW releases 56 Excel workbooks providing national-level mortality data spanning from the early 1900s to the most recent year of available data, known as the General Record of Incidence of Mortality (GRIM) books
30 Sep 2024
\New GPs making a ‘vital difference’ in the NT
The Northern Territory’s newest GPs will embark on the next stage of their careers after being celebrated at a Fellowship ceremony in Darwin.
30 Sep 2024
Increased access to care for regional families thanks to new Children's Health Queensland partnership
Children and their families living in regional and remote areas of Queensland will have increased access to care thanks to Children’s Health Queensland’s (CHQ) new partnership with charity, Little Wings.
30 Sep 2024
LNP Queensland’s payroll tax promise
The state’s Liberal National Party vowed to ‘immediately and permanently’ scrap the tax if elected at the Queensland election.
30 Sep 2024
Let’s talk about it this Mental Health Month
October is Mental Health Month, a chance for everyone to come together to focus on mental health, learn about stigma and create safe, caring communities.
30 Sep 2024
Breaking down barriers to improve health literacy together
Did you know 60 per cent of Australian adults find health information hard to understand and use?
30 Sep 2024
The quiet achievers on the frontline
Last week we celebrated World Environmental Health Day, a day to raise awareness about environmental issues and the direct impact they have on human health.