A selection of links to the latest press releases, tenders and announcements relevant to the Australian health industry

Aged Care

View all 05/09/2025

Office of the Inspector General of Aged Care: 2025 progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

DoHDA: Aged Care Worker Screening Guidance Material

RELEASE OF 20,000 HOME CARE PACKAGES A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO PROTECT OLDER PEOPLE – Older Persons Advocacy Network

04/09/2025

Blayney MPS redevelopment progresses with aged care wing nearing completion

DoHDA: Support at Home program – Pooled care management funding and service delivery branches fact sheet

Allied

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Regional NSW Ambulance staff recognised for outstanding service and bravery

Victoria: Recruiting More Triple Zero Call Takers

28/08/2025

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians working for the NT Government forced to take industrial action as staffing crisis deepens – Professional Pharmacists Australia

26/08/2025

NEW PLATFORM SET TO REVOLUTIONISE ALLIED HEALTH EXPERIENCE – Taskey

12/08/2025

PSA backs TGA action on medicinal cannabis safety, urges broader regulatory reform

Commonwealth

View all 05/09/2025

TGA: List of AI-enabled medical devices in the ARTG

ADHA: Application Support and Maintenance Services for Digital Health Infrastructure

04/09/2025

Mark Butler: Delivering on the Australian Centre for Disease Control

PBS: Update to Agenda for the September 2025 PBAC Meeting

AHPRA: Putting patients first: New guidelines for cosmetic procedures

Community Care

View all 05/09/2025

AHHA: Health precincts key to unlocking potential of value-based health care

06/08/2025

While the UK plans, Victoria is already delivering: Community Health – a Proven Model for Preventative and Equitable Care – Community Health First

14/07/2025

Community kitchen on the chopping block as Latrobe Health Assembly forced to close

15/03/2024

Indigenous Governance Awards 2024: Applications extended

07/02/2024

Northern Sydney’s leading community care provider welcomes new name, Proveda

Devices

View all 06/08/2025

Renewed calls to subsidise insulin pumps and glucose monitors for diabetics

23/06/2025

Ottai unveils revolutionary ai-powered biosensor set to transform chronic disease care

12/06/2025

Cochlear provides update to FY25 earnings guidance

30/04/2025

DoHAC: HTACCC communique – 19 February 2025

16/04/2025

‘Could be next Cochlear or ResMed’: heart device maker wins FDA approval

Digital Health

View all 05/09/2025

CUREator BioTech Incubator Grants $1.23M Top-Up Funding to High-Performing Participants – Icon Agency

Implementation of a digital coordination centre in a hospital: a qualitative evaluation of enablers, barriers and strategies

29/08/2025

Virtual Reality Helping Young People into Work After Mental Ill-Health – TAL Community Foundation

Understanding Engagement With Digital Mental Health Technology in Mental Health Services: Multicenter Observational Study

14/08/2025

Modeus moves to fully digital solution with Ware S8 Premium

Disability

View all 05/09/2025

NDIS Commission Disability Action Plan 2025–2030

04/09/2025

ANAO: Effectiveness of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s Regulatory Functions

02/09/2025

AFDO: Centacare Queensland’s withdrawal from NDIS disability services highlights urgent need for systemic reform

29/08/2025

NDIS: Sentencing follows Taskforce action to protect NDIS participants

27/08/2025

After autism changes, Labor will still need to find billions more in NDIS savings

Education

View all 29/08/2025

CDU Health Hub doubles service delivery as demand surges

18/08/2025

‘We are concerned’: Star surgeon’s unravelling résumé stretches to University of Sydney

18/06/2025

Flinders ranked #2 in the world for reducing inequality in global university rankings

University of Tasmania ranked first in the world for Climate Action in the Times Higher Education Impact rankings

21/03/2025

Dementia Australia welcomes much-needed education standards for the workforce

Emergency Services

View all 01/08/2025

Barriers to paramedic professionalisation: a qualitative enquiry across the UK, Canada, Australia, USA and the republic of Ireland

30/07/2025

Flood rebuild continues with new Ambulance Stations for Lismore and Mullumbimby

11/07/2025

Comcare: Supporting first responders with PTSD

28/05/2025

Air inside IV fluid bags from overseas posing an extra risk in emergencies

22/04/2025

Volunteers assist in emergencies in regional Tasmania, but a shortage means paramedics are often on their own

Federal Government

View all 05/09/2025

DoHDA: Tasmanian Botanics Pty Ltd fined $39,600 for alleged breaches of the Narcotic Drugs Act

Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2025

Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 1) Bill 2025

Proposed amendment to the Health Insurance Act 1973

Speech from Minister Butler, Australian Parliament House – 3 September 2025

First Nations

View all 04/09/2025

Victoria: Delivering Better Healthcare For First Nations Women

01/09/2025

Scanning the respiratory service landscape in NSW-based Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

26/08/2025

Ground-breaking FeBI iron test to be developed in partnership with First Nations communities – The Florey

20/08/2025

Improved services for First Nations communities now complete

11/08/2025

NACCHO Sector News

Genetics

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Hospitals

View all 29/08/2025

Solid performance in core hospital businesses in Australia and the UK. Multi-year business transformation well underway

IHACPA: National Hospital Cost Data Collection Private Hospital Report 2022–23

26/08/2025

127 further charges over alleged illegal recording device at Melbourne hospitals

Biloela Hospital on maternity bypass for three years with patients treated via telehealth

Australia Leads World with First Microplastic-Free Straws and Cups in Children’s Hospitals – Terra Sol

Insurance

View all 03/09/2025

Public patients who use private insurance face thousands in ‘shock bills’: lobby group

29/08/2025

Medibank’s final give back – record $1.71bn returned to customers

DoHDA: Deed for the Provision of Overseas Student Health Cover 1 July 2025

31/07/2025

No gap, no worries – 10,000 Medibank customers save $7 million in out-of-pocket fees

28/07/2025

Medibank strengthens perimenopause and menopause support in the workplace

LGBTQIA+

View all 21/08/2025

Health official’s trans stillbirth remark fuels woke row

29/07/2025

Critics claim gender clinics are seeing an excess of trans boys. But new data suggest otherwise

10/06/2025

Queensland’s puberty blockers review panel criticised for lacking gender experts and trans lived experience

19/05/2025

PSA: International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination

16/05/2025

Trans joy in play: How video games can unlock gender euphoria for transgender players – Monash University

Medical practitioners

View all 13/08/2024

Medical Board of Australia’s August news for medical practitioners

30/08/2023

Doctor under investigation after patient dies

18/07/2023

Training the next generation of doctors in NSW

03/07/2023

Doctors on notice as cosmetic surgery practice and advertising changes come into effect

21/06/2023

National Health Practitioner Ombudsman: May review

Medico-legal

View all 15/08/2023

Historic win for junior doctors in wage theft case for unpaid overtime

13/07/2023

Charlie Teo found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct

08/06/2023

Mixed prospects for Merck lawsuit against US federal government, says GlobalData

17/05/2023

Three health practitioners hit with fines over unlawful importation of prescription medicines

15/05/2023

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers welcome OAIC decision to investigate Medibank complaint

Mental Health

View all 05/09/2025

Federal Government must act to ensure robodebt scandal never happens again – Australians for Mental Health

04/09/2025

NSW: Emergency departments embrace on-demand psychiatric support

AIFS: Research highlights mental health risks for new fathers

28/08/2025

Urgent action needed to address shocking rates of suicide among homeless youth: Australians for Mental Health

25/08/2025

Mental health conditions could also face cuts under NDIS overhaul

Nursing

View all 22/08/2025

Family and child health nurses poised to support families in Thriving Kids program with necessary reforms – Australian College of Nursing

21/08/2025

Australian College of Nursing upskilling nurses to care for older Australians – Australian College of Nursing

08/08/2025

NSW: Finalists of Nursing and Midwifery Awards announced

22/07/2025

What’s the Point of Quality and Safety Auditing in Healthcare if Nurses Don’t Use Data to Drive Improvement?

25/06/2025

SNHN Education Event: Nurses Network – The First 2000 Days of Life

Organisations

View all 01/09/2025

Healthdirect Australia Consumer Engagement Framework

25/07/2025

Nominations open for Public Health Association of New Zealand’s annual Public Health Awards

22/07/2025

Dementia Australia launches Diversity Grant Program

04/07/2025

Little Heroes Gala 2025- A Night In Vegas

01/07/2025

Medical Board of Australia News

Payments

View all 06/09/2023

Queensland Government: 7 projects get $1 million to boost health and community services workforce

24/08/2023

Raise more revenue to fairly fund services: ACOSS response to the IGR

22/08/2023

NHMRC: Over $9 million for collaborative research projects to improve health care access and equity

14/08/2023

Historic win for junior doctors in wage theft case for unpaid overtime

07/08/2023

RACGP and AMA meeting ACT political leaders to gain clarity for GPs on payroll tax concerns

Pharma/Biotech

View all 05/09/2025

Botanix announces regulatory approval of ECCLOCK gel, 5% (sofpironium bromide) in South Korea

Amplia Therapeutics: FIRST PATIENT DOSED IN NEW PANCREATIC CANCER TRIAL

04/09/2025

Lumos and BARDA partner to undertake an additional clinical study to evaluate use of FebriDX in US CLIA-waived paediatric settings

01/09/2025

PYC Therapeutics: POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE PROGRAM – PRESENTATION OF SAFETY DATA AT ANZSN

29/08/2025

United for innovation: AusBiotech and Medicines Australia celebrate Catalyst outcomes, further strengthen industry collaboration

Primary Care

View all 05/09/2025

‘Lives are at risk, we need action’: SA GPs call for pill testing services – Royal Australian College of GPs

‘The stakes are getting so much higher’: Tasmanian GPs call for drug testing services – Royal Australian College of GPs

New analysis reveals how universities shape Australia’s future GP workforce – Royal Australian College of GPs

AMA: Welcome next step in formalising Australia’s new Centre for Disease Control

AMA position statement on immunisation 2025

Public Health

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Revealed: Canberra location for the new Australian Centre for Disease Control

04/09/2025

1800PREVENT (type 2 diabetes) launches nationwide – Diabetes Australia

PSA: Global call to act on antimicrobial resistance

Doctors hold major climate and health forum as Australia weighs new emissions targets – Doctors for the Environment Australia

01/09/2025

Health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia

Research

View all 02/09/2025

Ten-year agreement marks new era of collaboration for NeuRA and UNSW – Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

ABS: Deaths due to acute respiratory infections in Australia

ABS: Provisional Mortality Statistics

29/08/2025

AAMRI calls draft research strategy a strong foundation, urges focus on implementation

AAHMS welcomes release of draft National Strategy for health and medical research

Rural Health

View all 28/08/2025

ACRRM: Rural Australians short-changed as health funding gap widens

22/08/2025

DoHDA: Regional, Rural and Remote Home Care Workforce Support Program

05/08/2025

Health Workforce Queensland: Closing the Gap – Preparing Rural GPs for Paediatric Emergencies

04/08/2025

SEMPHN: New regional data and insights available in latest south east Melbourne health needs assessment

30/07/2025

AMA: Prac payments must be extended to medical students to bolster rural workforce

Specialists

View all 05/09/2025

New guidelines to protect the babies of female surgeons

01/09/2025

Anaesthetists call for fair indexation to reduce patient out-of-pocket costs – Australian Society of Anaesthetists

New national report confirms scale and impact of gynaecological cancers in Australia – Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG)

29/08/2025

PHA: Dr Rachel David spoke to ABC Radio Sydney about the rising cost to specialist doctors in some parts of Australia and what can be done to improve access

25/08/2025

Royal Australasian College of Physicians in turmoil amid board revolt

States

View all 05/09/2025

Impact of major stroke service centralisation on mortality and care: analysis of admissions, interventions and outcomes in South Australia

Michael Stewart entitled to further compensation over Queensland hospital negligence, court finds

NSW government unveils new Office for A

03/09/2025

ACT’s Calvary hospital takeover finalised with $65m cash payment

117 WA vape sellers shut-up-shop, but convenience stores still break the rules – Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health / Public Health Association of Australia

Technology

View all 05/09/2025

Medicines Australia welcomes first steps on HTA reform

03/09/2025

AI eye scans accurately detect diabetic eye disease in Australian trial – Centre for Eye Research Australia

01/09/2025

MTAA MedTech on the Hill Showcase

28/08/2025

MTAA and APACMed Partner to Launch Australia AI Revolutionising MedTech Symposium 2025

22/08/2025

How Health Businesses Are Adapting to AI in 2025

Tenders

View all 05/09/2025

Contract Notice: ADHA: Adobe Licencing, $1.678 million, DATA # 3 GROUP

Organ and Tissue Authority: Provision of a professional conference organiser (PCO) for the 2026 Donation Symposium

04/09/2025

South West Healthcare: Floor Covering Replacement Portland District Health

Grant Opportunity: NHMRC: MRFF – Australian Brain Cancer Mission – 2025 Brain Cancer Research Grant Opportunity

APP: Australian Digital Health Agency: Digital Health Advisors

Third Degree

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Webinar

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WHO

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Women's Health

View all 05/09/2025

Katy Gallagher: ‘You’re being listened to’: Why women’s health is at the centre of Labor’s agenda – Women’s Agenda

04/09/2025

Mark Butler: Delivering for Australian women this Women’s Health Week

11/08/2025

Women’s Health NSW launches Brain Injury: A practitioner guide

07/08/2025

Upskilling Victoria’s Womens Health Workforce

04/08/2025

Health and economic benefits of improving pre‐hospital identification of stroke in Australian women: a modelling study

Workforce

View all 05/09/2025

‘Mossad-engineered’: Renowned cardiologist claims Israeli spies behind Sydney arson attacks

27/08/2025

Nurse Stephen Douglas was fatally stabbed by a client in attack his son says was ‘preventable’

26/08/2025

Patients speak out after Brisbane doctor accused of ‘excessive’ pap smears, kissing woman on lips

22/08/2025

Medical Board of Australia: Quarterly registration data released

21/08/2025

Disgraced doctor punted from peak body, placed on indefinite leave from Sydney hospital