Publications

This fact sheet outlines key changes to notification requirements for Queensland physicians, following legislative amendments on 23 September 2025. It explains which physicians are required to notify, and what diseases need to be reported to the NORDR.

This administrative report outlines how the National Dust Disease Taskforce developed national guidance for doctors assessing workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

This practice guide and appendixes provide medical practitioners with guidance on identifying and assessing workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust, and carrying out health assessments and surveillance.

The Climate and Health Expert Advisory Group met on 2 December 2024. This document provides a record of the meeting.

The Climate and Health Expert Advisory Group met on 1 August 2024. This document provides a record of their inaugural meeting.

This fortnightly Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report (ARSR) includes information about acute respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

This fortnightly Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report (ARSR) includes information about acute respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of salmonella cases from 2009 to 2024, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of invasive pneumococcal disease cases from 2009 to 2024, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases from 2008, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases from 2008, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This report and accompanying table provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 18 to 31 August 2025.

This report and accompanying table provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 4 to 17 August 2025.

This is the Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee final report 'Inquiry into the growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme-like illness for many Australian patients'.

This is a summary of the preliminary findings from a study to identify possible biomarkers for debilitating symptom complex attributed to ticks (DSCATT). The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) completed this project in July 2021.

This fact sheet covers how to safely manage a tick bite, safely remove a tick to prevent allergic reactions to tick bites, and how people allergic to tick bites should safely manage a bite.

This fact sheet provides general information about ticks and the medical problems they can cause, as well as information on the Australian paralysis tick.

This fact sheet covers the symptoms, causes, risk factors and prevention of tick paralysis.

This fact sheet covers the symptoms, features and treatment of tick anaphylaxis.

This fact sheet covers strategies to prevent tick bites in people and pets.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Australian spotted fever.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Flinders Island spotted fever.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Q fever.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Queensland tick typhus.