Primary Health Networks (PHNs) coordinated and commissioned place-based primary health care services to address their region’s local identified health needs. This report looks at the performance and outcomes of the PHN program. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to disrupt the primary health care system from the previous year, including delivery of the PHN program and its...

Under the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement, Commonwealth, state and territory governments agreed to develop nationally consistent evaluation principles through an Evaluation Framework and Evaluation Sharing Guidelines.

The aged care system has failed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to this report, which calls for critical and urgent reform. It finds many aged care services are culturally unsafe for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, in particular Stolen Generations survivors and concludes an equity-based approach is needed to achieve equal access...

This paper draws on literature from Australia and the UK to identify the key causes of distress that impact on the mental health of LGBTQ+ people, and provides an overview of the quality and effectiveness of mental health services available to this group. The paper provides overarching principles and identifies core policy directions to inform...

The strategy sets out a vision for a future where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy high levels of social and emotional well-being and have access to culturally safe and responsive mental health services. The strategy identifies six priorities to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and support their leadership in suicide prevention.