Fact sheets
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5 steps to breathe better, feel better
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Asthma and sleepovers
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Asthma inhaler and medication tips
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Asthma winter checklist
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Back to school checklist for kids with asthma
To help your kids enjoy a happy and healthy start to the school year, we have put together a handy back to school checklist.
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Bushfires and asthma
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Christmas trees and asthma
Christmas tree allergy can cause wheezing, sneezing, coughing, sore eyes, and potentially serious asthma attacks.
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Dust mites trigger my asthma and allergies
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Dust storms and asthma
It’s important that people with asthma or other respiratory conditions be prepared when dust storms are forecast in their area.
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Exercise triggers my asthma
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Flixotide: Know your options
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Gas stoves and asthma in children
Recent findings suggest that cooking with gas stoves or exposure to other gas appliances may be associated with new asthma cases and asthma exacerbations.
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Healthy eating for asthma
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Healthy in the heat
If you have a respiratory condition such as asthma or hay fever, make sure you are well prepared when the summer temperatures hit their peak.
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Influenza (the flu) and asthma
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Mould triggers my asthma and allergies
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Nebuliser use and care
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Pets and allergies
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Pollen - a trigger for hay fever
Plant pollen is well known as a trigger for seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.
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Pollen triggers my asthma and allergies
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Pregnancy and asthma
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Puffer and inhaler care
Different types of puffers and inhalers need to be cleaned in different ways
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Sensitive Choice - creating a healthy home
Our Sensitive Choice® program aims to help Australians with asthma and allergies make better lifestyle choices.
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Sleep and asthma
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Smoking triggers my asthma and allergies
People with asthma have even more reason to avoid smoking than those without asthma. Your lungs are extra sensitive when you have asthma and they are especially vulnerable to the damaging effects of cigarette smoke.
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Spacer use and care
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Thunderstorm asthma
Thunderstorm asthma can happen suddenly to people in spring or summer when there is a lot of pollen in the air and the weather is hot, dry, windy and stormy.
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Travel insurance - the fine print
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Travelling and holidays
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Using a spacer with your inhaler
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Using your allergy nasal spray correctly
Use your allergy nasal spray correctly so the medicine gets where it needs to, without side-effects like nosebleeds
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Using your asthma or COPD inhaler correctly
It's easier to learn how to use your inhaler or puffer when someone shows you how.