Better health and ageing for all Australians

Evaluation and Monitoring

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Contact details for the Departmental Ethics Committee (DEC).

In this section:

For further information about the Departmental Ethics Committee, please contact:


DEC Secretariat
email: ethics@health.gov.au


If you have any concerns or complaints about the ethical aspects of a research project that has been considered by the Committee, please advise the Executive Officer who will contact the Chair of the Departmental Ethics Committee, Dr Tony Ireland, for advice.

Technical or administrative questions including how to respond to requests from researchers and how to withdraw from a research project should be directed to the researchers in the first instance.