Committees and groups

The COVID-19 Arts and Health Advisory Committee (AHAC) provides advice to the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) and the cultural and creative sector on how to reactivate the sector in a COVIDSafe way.

The COVID-19 Sports and Health Advisory Committee (C19SHAC) assists the Australian Health Protection Principle Committee (AHPPC) in sport related issues or manifestations in the sector as we transition to a COVID-safe Australia.

The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Incident Panel is a subcommittee of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA). It provides advice about potential CJD transmission and contamination events.

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities Health Advisory Group works in partnership with the department to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for multicultural people and communities.

The Dementia Expert Reference Group (DERG) provides expert insight and feedback to the Australian Government to support monitoring and continuous improvement of dementia policy, programs and activities.

The Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission Expert Advisory Panel provides advice to Government on all aspects of this mission, which is funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

The Sector Partners group provides advice to the Australian Government on the development and implementation of the aged care reform’s digital transformation agenda.

The Distribution Working Group (DWG) provides us with independent expert advice on health-related geographic distribution classifications that we use to distribute the health workforce to areas of acute need.

We set up the Electrocardiogram (ECG) Review Committee to review Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) plain ECG items that were introduced on 1 August 2020.

The Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) advises the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) on environmental health policy. It brings together expertise from Australian, state and territory health departments and research councils, and their New Zealand counterparts.

This reference group is developing a best practice guide to support the food industry to improve commercial foods for infants and young children.

The General Practice Training Advisory Committee (GPTAC) provides advice to the Australian Government on how to maintain and improve outcomes of GP training. This ensures the registrar workforce is well distributed to deliver primary health care to all Australians.

The Expert Advisory Committee supports the development and implementation of the Genomics Health Futures Mission, a research program that will invest $500 million over 10 years.

The Haemopoietic Progenitor Cell (HPC) Sector Clinical Advisory Group (Advisory Group) provides advice to support the implementation of the National Haemopoietic Progenitor Cell Framework. The framework will ensure future arrangements continue to improve access to HPC transplants for Australians.

The HCEF is an intergovernmental forum for joint decision-making and strategic policy discussions that helps to efficiently deliver health services in Australia. It is made up of the health department chief executive officer from each state and territory and the Australian Government.

The Health Ministers Meeting (HMM) works to progress health issues of national importance which require cross-border collaboration. It is made up of the health ministers of each state and territory government, along with the Australian Government Minister for Health and Aged Care.

The HTA Chairs Committee provides advice on HTA investments under the Preventive and Public Health Research initiative of the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Consumer Consultative Committee provides strategic advice and support to us and to the principal HTA committees. Acting as an advisory group, it brings consumer views into HTA processes and relevant matters.

Several working groups are developing Healthy Food Partnership activities to improve the diet of Australians. The Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group oversees and monitors their work.

This working group developed the Industry Guide to Voluntary Serving Size Reduction (the Guide) to provide guidance and support to the food industry to promote and supply healthier serving sizes. This is part of the Healthy Food Partnership.

The Reformulation Working Group, which has now ceased, set the priorities for the Food Reformulation Program. This was part of the Healthy Food Partnership, which brings governments, the public health sector and the food industry together to improve the diet of Australians

The Executive Committee oversees the activities of 4 Healthy Food Partnership Program working groups and all program activities. Read more about the committee’s work.

This group keeps the states and territories informed about activities of the Healthy Food Partnership. Read more about the group’s role.

This panel conducted an independent review of the Hearing Services Program from August 2020 to August 2021. It consulted with hearing care providers as well as people who are hard of hearing, aiming to optimise hearing outcomes for clients.

The HTA Review Reference Committee is responsible for overseeing the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Policy and Methods Review (Review).