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

Aged Care

View all 15/09/2025

Crisafulli Government delivers free suicide prevention training to strengthen Queensland’s aged care workforce

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

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 15/09/2025

AIHW: Dementia in Australia

12/09/2025

PBS: Outcome Statement for July 2025 Stakeholder Meeting: Multiple Myeloma

11/09/2025

ACSQHC: Have your say on the emergency laparotomy standard

TGA: Adoption of International Scientific Guidelines in Australia – R02/2024

TGA yet to investigate the safety of most medicinal cannabis products

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 15/09/2025

Global Health signs contract with SafeWork Health

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

Disability

View all 12/09/2025

NDIS: Claim time limit starts soon

11/09/2025

NDIS: Duckett review confirms art and music therapy to continue

08/09/2025

NDIS Commission permanently bans Crescent Disability Services and Director Jay Ibrahim from NDIS

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

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 12/09/2025

DoHDA: Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (ACPA) meeting dates for 2026

DoHDA: Global expertise strengthens Australian medical research

DoHDA: Leading a sleep health movement with First Nations communities

DoHDA: Changes in financial reporting for residential and Support at Home providers Webinar

DoHDA: Free mental health and wellbeing support available for anyone in Australia

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 12/09/2025

‘R U OK?’ is an important question, but we also need to start talking about why we aren’t OK, and what can be done about it: Australians for Mental Health

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

Nursing

View all 12/09/2025

Health system reform must be on agenda amid record high hospital activity – Australian College of Nursing

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?

Organisations

View all 10/09/2025

AFGC welcomes release of National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey

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

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 10/09/2025

Lumos Diagnostics signs second ANZ distribution agreement for FebriDx

Telix and FDA Agree on Resubmission Pathway for TLX101-CDx (Pixclara®) U.S. NDA

Neuren partners with Hope for HIE to support development of NNZ-2591

09/09/2025

Orthocell: Remplir study delivers compelling 81% success rate

Noxopharm: HERACLES clinical trial – Update #4

Primary Care

View all 15/09/2025

GPs push Health Ministers on need for faster, fairer, and affordable ADHD care – Royal Australian College of GPs, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, Australian ADHD

Healthy North Coast: Resilient Kids program wins NSW award for building youth resilience after floods

11/09/2025

‘A cluster of failures’: Sydney GP gave newborn high-strength opioid instead of Panadol

10/09/2025

RACGP celebrates 2025 foundation research grant and award recipients

09/09/2025

RACGP celebrates 2025 foundation research grant and award recipients

Public Health

View all 10/09/2025

Influenza (flu) immunisation data – 1 March to 7 September 2022–2025

08/09/2025

ABS: Fewer Australians drinking sweetened beverages

05/09/2025

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

Research

View all 09/09/2025

Reducing unprofessional practices in referrals to abortion care: proposing a minimum professional standard

Linguistic manoeuvres: obstetric violence camouflages harm and loss of consent from birth

08/09/2025

Effectiveness of clinician-directed default nudges on reducing overuse of tests and treatments in healthcare: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

What should a learning health system look like?

Evaluating learning health systems: a jurisdictional scan

Rural Health

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Review of National Rural Health Commissioner Functions

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

Specialists

View all 15/09/2025

Awards honour excellence, innovation and compassion in palliative care – Palliative Care Australia

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

States

View all 15/09/2025

Improving Abortion Access And Care For Victorian Women

Crisafulli Government delivers 70-bed expansion for older adults at Gold Coast University Hospital

Seven new and expanded transit lounges to help heal Queensland Health Crisis

NSW Health: World-leading Suicide Prevention Bill passes NSW Parliament

12/09/2025

NSW Health: Hazardous Area Rescue Ambulances boost NSW Ambulance response capabilities this bushfire season

Technology

View all 15/09/2025

AI chatbots are already biasing research — we must establish guidelines for their use now

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

Tenders

View all 12/09/2025

Grant opportunity: DoHDA: Supporting Living Organ Donors Program

Contract notice: DoHDA: Procurement of Creative Agency for the National Tobacco and E-cigarette Campaign, $1,870,000, BMF ADVERTISING

11/09/2025

Grant opportunity: NHMRC: 2025 NHMRC-Horizon Europe

Grant opportunity: NHMRC: 2025 Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies

10/09/2025

Contract notice: ACQSC: Data on Demand Uplift, $869,550, Expose Data Pty Ltd

Third Degree

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Webinar

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WHO

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Women's Health

View all 11/09/2025

‘Low levels of satisfaction’ with healthcare in Canberra for endometriosis, menopause, identified in Women’s Health Matters survey

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

Workforce

View all 11/09/2025

Report shows national palliative care workforce resilient but under strain – Palliative Care Australia

10/09/2025

Health Workers Calls on HESTA to Divest from Gas, Citing Fossil Fuel Public Health Emergency – Healthy Futures

Dr Daniel Lanzer is living in Israel, claims health issues may delay cosmetic surgery case

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’