Commonwealth department leading national health, disability and ageing policies and working with independent portfolio bodies.
Health Governance Explorer, Pilot country
How health governance works in Australia
Independent disease control, biomedical research and therapeutic goods regulation
The Australian CDC has been an independent entity since January 2026. The TGA, by contrast, sits within the departmental Health Products Regulation Group, not as an independent portfolio entity.
Explore the institutions
Government health structure
Open an organization profile from the chart. Relationship labels and evidence links show how institutions connect.Same level = institutions connected to the central authorityLower level = institution connected through another agency
Verified institutional connections are shown in a horizontal hierarchy. Organizations sharing a row need not have identical legal status; read each relationship label.
Central health authority
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Federal public health
- Australian Centre for Disease Control →
Independent Commonwealth public-health agency established on 1 January 2026, part of the Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio.
Medical research
- National Health and Medical Research Council →
National statutory research and evidence body in the Commonwealth health portfolio.
Medical products and regulation
- Health Products Regulation Group →
Departmental group with TGA and Office of Drug Control regulatory functions.
- Therapeutic Goods Administration →
National medicines and medical-device regulator within the Health Products Regulation Group of the department.
- Australian Centre for Disease Control — Independent federal public-health agency
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing — Government health department
- Health Products Regulation Group — Internal government regulatory group
- National Health and Medical Research Council — Independent medical research council
- Therapeutic Goods Administration — Internal medicines regulator
Evidence and scope
This independent directory summarizes public institutional relationships from official sources. It is not an official government service or a complete map of health providers, hospitals, or regional authorities. Relationships were checked on 24 October 2026.