This report summarises the second annual Horizon Scanning Forum, exploring four therapeutic areas – novel vaccines for infectious diseases, novel antimicrobials, cell and gene therapies, and digital health – where innovation is rapidly outpacing regulation. The report advocates for urgent reform to ensuring timely patient access to life-saving and life-improving treatments.

This report distils the insights from a survey of the Inherited Cancers Australia community and proposes three recommendations to government so that organisations can continue to provide valuable information, advice and support for people at risk of hereditary cancer.

The briefing explains that the consensus amongst health professionals is that widespread use of precision health technologies is inevitable and, in some cases, already happening. Despite this, implementation in New Zealand lacks national coordination and is largely occurring in an unplanned manner.

This article, by Professor Ian Morgan, is a revised version of a section of the Save Our Schools submission to the Independent Review of the National Schools Reform Agreement.

This white paper, by the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, outlines key opportunities for a statewide, strategic approach to genomics. Senior leaders from Victorian hospitals identified these opportunities at a workshop organised by Melbourne Genomics in March 2023.