This National Palliative Care Week, Australians are invited to start conversation, raise awareness, and advocate for better access to and acceptance of palliative and end-of-life care. The 2026 campaign, Getting to the heart of it. Big Questions. Real Answers, empowers earlier conversations and connecting people to trusted information, tools and support.

Starting a conversation about palliative care early gives you time to ask questions, understand your options and plan for what matters most. It is better to talk sooner than to have choices narrowed when time is shorter.

Seventy-three per cent of Australians say they are open to talking about advance care planning, yet only one third (33%) have undertaken any form of advance care planning (Advance Care Planning Australia 2025).

Help spread the word and continue to build a better understanding of palliative and end-of-life care:

  • Download and share campaign resources: www.palliativecare.org.au
  • Promote NPC Week 2026 through your organisation’s communication channels
  • Encourage conversations about palliative care.

For healthcare professionals

Updated resources

Workshops to help navigate life-changing illnesses

Through Murray PHN’s The Caring Circle palliative care project, a series of free community workshops with The Good2Go Project are being supported to help individuals who are facing a life-changing illness and those who support them to navigate care with confidence. Click here for details and to register.