National coordinating body
National policy on ageing
Action plan
Other policies
Health and long-term care
- Aged Care Act, 2024
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1997 (Superseded 2022)
- Aged Care Act, 1997 (Updated 2025)
- Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act, 2006 (Superseded 2025)
- Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act, 2006 (Superseded 2025)
- Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act, 2013 (Updated 2016)
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, (Updated 2025)
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Residential Care Subsidy) Determination, 2014 (Updated 2025)
- Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination, 2014 (Updated 2025)
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Subsidy and Other Measures) Determination, 2014 (Updated 2025)
- Aged Care (Leave from Residential Care Services) (Situation of Emergency—Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Determination, 2020 (Amended 2024)
- Quality of Care Principles, 2014 (Amended 2025)
- Accountability Principles, 2014 (Amended 2025)
- Approval of Care Recipients Principles, 2014 (Amended 2023)
- Allocation Principles, 2014 (Amended 2022) Repealed by Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Rules, 2025 and Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act, 2024
- Classification Principles, 2014 (Amended 2022)
- Extra Service Principles, 2014 (Amended 2022)
- Quality of Care Principles, 2014 (Amended 2025)
- Fees and Payments Principles, 2014 (Amended 2024)
- Grant Principles, 2014 (Amended 2021)
- Information Principles, 2014 (Amended 2025)
- Record Principles, 2014 (Amended 2025)
- Subsidy Principles, 2014 (Amended 2025)
- User Rights Principles (of care services), 2014 (Amended 2025)
- Medicare Benefits Schedule Review, 2015
- Primary Health Networks, 2015
- Aged Care (Conditions of Allocation) Determination, 2016
- Aged Care Amendment (Red Tape Reduction in Places Management) Act, 2016
- Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Increasing Consumer Choice) Act, 2016
- Prioritised Home Care Recipients Principles, 2016
- Aged Care Diversity Framework, 2017
- Aged Care Diversity Framework Action Plans, 2019
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act, 2018 (Updated 2024)
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Rules, 2018 (Updated 2024)
- National Aged Care Advocacy Framework, 2019
- Australia’s Long Term National Health Plan, 2019
- Aged Care Quality Standards
- National Drug Strategy, 2017-2026
- National Alcohol Strategy, 2019-2028
- National Men’s Health Strategy, 2020-2030
- National Women’s Health Strategy, 2020-2030
- National Preventive Health Strategy, 2021-2030
- Primary Health Care 10-Year Plan 2022-2032
Addressing dementia
- National Dementia Action Plan 2024-2034
- Dementia and Aged Care Services Fund
- Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service
- National Dementia Support Program
- Specialist Dementia Care Program
Social protection and income security
- Social Security Act, 1991
- Carer Allowance
- Disability Support Pension
- Jobseeker Payment
- National Housing and Homelessness Agreement, 2018
- National Disability Insurance Scheme
Addressing discrimination and ageism
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Updated 2022)
- Sex Discrimination Act, 1984 (Updated 2025 )
- Disability Discrimination Act, 1992 (Updated 2026)
- Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Act, 2011
- Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill, 2011
- Workplace Gender Equality Act, 2012 (Updated 2025)
- National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians (Elder Abuse), 2019-2023