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Following amendments to the NHMRC Act 1992, NHMRC became an independent statutory agency within the Health and Ageing portfolio on 1 July 2006. The Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia ( McKeon Review ) was established by the Australian Government in late 2011, and the report of the Review was publicly released in April ...
The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than A$800 million in grants each year. The Council was established by the Australian Research Council Act 2001, and provides competitive research funding to academics and researchers at Australian universities.
As CEO of NHMRC, Kelso oversees the agency’s activities to improve the health of the Australian community through: investment in health and medical research in Australian universities, medical research institutes and hospitals; translation of research into policy and practice through clinical, public health and environmental health guidelines ...
Countries with guideline values as their standards include Canada, which has guideline values for a relatively small suite of parameters, New Zealand, where there is a legislative basis, but water providers have to make "best endeavours" to comply with the standards, [7] and Australia.
The department is responsible for programs such as Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, and agencies such as the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the National Health and Medical Research Council. The department is responsible to parliament through the minister for health and aged care, and is supported by four assistant ministers. [3]
As of December 2023, there are 1,334 government entities reportable to the Australian Government Organisations Register. This includes: [2] [3] 191 "principal" entities, including non-corporate Commonwealth entities (such as the 20 cabinet departments), corporate Commonwealth entities, and Commonwealth companies
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is the medicine and therapeutic regulatory agency of the Australian Government. [4] As part of the Department of Health and Aged Care, the TGA regulates the safety, quality, efficacy and advertising in Australia of therapeutic goods (which comprise medicines, medical devices, biologicals and certain other therapeutic goods).
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. Its biennial publication Australia's Health is a key national information resource in the area of health care. The Institute publishes over 140 reports each year on various aspects of Australia's health and ...