Immunisation records and registers

An immunisation record refers to a person’s immunisation history and includes details about when and what vaccines have been administered. 

Australian Immunisation Register

The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) is a national register that records vaccines given to people of all ages, living in Australia. The AIR captures all National Immunisation Program (NIP), and most privately purchased vaccines.

Health professionals administering vaccines need to record this information onto the AIR.

Health professional's access and registering with AIR

For health professionals requiring assistance with registering see How to register as a provider and request access to the AIR information guide (PDF 355KB). 

Immunisation History Statements

Immunisation History Statements may be necessary for child care, and school enrolment, employment at certain workplaces and are currently used to determine eligibility for some family assistance payments under the No Jab No Pay Policy. Immunisation history statements  are available from the AIR.

Statements are automatically generated upon completion of the childhood vaccination schedule (usually around four years of age) and are mailed to the address most recently recorded by Medicare for that individual. Parents of children under 14 years of age, and young individuals between 14 and 20 years, can obtain an AIR Statement.

AIR Statements can be accessed in the following ways:

• Online through MyGov once an account has been created
• Medicare Express Plus App - once a MyGov account has been created
• Over the counter - at a Medicare Service Centre
• Phone - call AIR on 1800 653 809

Vaccinations given through school programs should also appear in this statement.

National HPV Vaccination Program Register

The National HPV Vaccination Program Register (HPV Register) collected information of individuals vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) up until 1 November 2018.  Now all HPV vaccination records have been transferred onto the AIR.

For more information, go to the National HPV Vaccination Program Register.

School Immunisation Records

Students who received vaccines through the School Immunisation Program are provided with a School Immunisation Program - Personal Immunisation Record at the time they are immunised. All vaccines given in the school program since October 2016 should now be available on the AIR. For incomplete records or for copies of school immunisation records prior to October 2016, contact the immunisation provider (PDF 456KB) who administered the vaccines; in most cases this is the local council where the school is located.

Your doctor may also have some immunisation records.