The government is now operating in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.

Ingredients and the scheduling of medicines and chemicals

Information on types of ingredients and approved names, the Permissible Ingredients Determination and the Poisons Standard (the SUSMP).

The Poisons Standard and scheduling of medicines and chemicals

Find information on the Poisons Standard (the SUSMP), amending the Poisons Standard and Scheduling.
Ingredients in therapeutic goods

Understand what ingredient requirements apply to your therapeutic good.
Permissible ingredients determination

Guidance on the requirements for listed and assessed listed medicine formulations to comply with and how to submit and an application to amend, the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination.
Scheduling basics of medicines and chemicals in Australia

An overview of the scheduling of medicines and chemicals in Australia.

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Guidance and legislation

The Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 & the Poisons Standard