Our Guidance pages have changed

We have moved our content that helps to explain the law into a new Guidance section.

We now define Guidance as content that ‘explains the laws and regulations governing the development, manufacturing, marketing, and supply of therapeutic goods in Australia.’

On the Guidance listing page, you can filter Guidance by audience, product type, topic or the year it was last updated. You can also search within Guidance.

You can use filters and a search function to find specific Guidance.

We have improved page navigation with useful new features.

Sticky navigation

Sticky navigation makes it easy to move through long pages. Once you scroll past the ‘On this page’ menu, the sticky navigation appears as the top of the page and allows you to jump to headings.

Sticky navigation makes it easy to jump to major headings.

Detailed table of contents

On pages with many headings and subheadings, the detailed table of contents allows you to see them all and jump directly to a specific heading. Click ‘Show detailed table of contents’ to expand the section, which is under the usual ‘On this page’ menu. You will only see this feature on longer pages where it is needed.

On longer pages, the detailed table of contents allows you to see and jump directly to subheadings.

It’s now easier to know when we publish new Guidance or make changes.

Visual indicators for new or updated Guidance

Visual indicators flag pages that have been recently published or updated. These indicators appear on the Guidance listing page, and on individual Guidance pages. These indicators stay up for 30 days.

‘Updated’ indicator on Guidance search results page.

‘Recently updated’ indicator on individual Guidance page.

You can also subscribe to our Guidance RSS feed to receive immediate notifications when we publish new or updated Guidance.

Page history section

‘Page history’ shows a clear list of changes over time. This is the same as version history in a document.

The ‘Page history’ section lists changes and when they were made.

We understand that sometimes you still want to download Guidance to your computer.

Save as PDF

The ‘Save as PDF’ function allows you to save Guidance to your computer and print it out.

Click ‘Save as PDF’ to download a formatted copy of the Guidance.

Bookmarkable headings

Bookmarkable headings allow for easy bookmarking and sharing of specific sections of Guidance. Click on the link icon to easily share a specific section of a page.

Click the link icon to generate a link to that specific heading.

We heard feedback that it wasn’t always clear which laws Guidance was helping to explain. In response, we’ve introduced changes to help make the link between Guidance and legislation clearer.

A list of related legislation now appears on each Guidance page, clearly showing the laws it is explaining.

The ‘Legislation’ section clearly shows the laws the Guidance is explaining.