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Australia's national cancer screening programs
Australians are invited to free bowel, breast and cervical screening by age, and since 2025 to lung screening if they have a heavy smoking history.
Overview
Australia runs three long-standing population screening programs, each free to eligible residents and each with its own government page stating the age range: the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program posts a home test kit every two years, BreastScreen Australia offers mammography through state services, and the National Cervical Screening Program uses HPV testing every five years with the option to collect the sample yourself. A National Lung Cancer Screening Program using low-dose CT for people with a significant smoking history began in July 2025. Cancer Council Australia's 13 11 20 line answers questions about any of them.
Holds
The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (free home kit every two years), BreastScreen Australia (free mammograms) and the National Cervical Screening Program (HPV test every five years, with self-collection), plus a national lung cancer screening program that started in 2025.
Maintainer
Australian Government Department of Health
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