When a parliamentary committee completes an inquiry it tables a report in parliament. Where the inquiry is relevant to Health, we respond to these reports and state what we intend to do. We list recent responses here.
Our most recent responses to parliamentary inquiries are listed here.
Parliamentary inquiries investigate:
policy matters
government administration
government performance.
The committees that run inquiries come from:
the Senate
the House of Representatives
both (called joint committees).
When the committee completes its inquiry it tables a report in parliament. Where the inquiry is relevant to Health, we respond to these reports and state what we intend to do.
Read the Australian Government response to the recommendations from the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Report into the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Vaccine Indemnity) Bill 2023.
Read the Australian Government's response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport report on The State of Diabetes Mellitus in Australia in 2024.
Read the Australian Government's response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport Report: Issues Paper relating to the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia.
Read the Australian Government's response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs report: Inquiry into the recognition of unpaid carers.
Read the Australian Government's response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report on access to diagnosis and treatment for tick-borne diseases in Australia.