House of Representatives Committees

Standing Committee on Health and Ageing

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

43rd Parliament (September 2010 - August 2013)

Roundtable on skin cancer in Australia: awareness, early diagnosis and management (lapsed)

Inquiry into Dementia: Early diagnosis and Intervention (Completed)
Tabled: 24 June 2013
Parliamentary Paper: 191/2013
Date of Government Response: 5 December 2017

Inquiry into Adult Dental Services in Australia (Completed)
Tabled: 17 June 2013
Parliamentary Paper: 159/2013
Date of Government Response: No response to date

Inquiry into health issues across international borders (Completed)
Tabled: 20 March 2013
Parliamentary Paper: 64/2013
Date of Government Response: 20 August 2018 (PDF 17MB)

Roundtable on Adhesive Arachnoiditis (Completed)
Tabled: 11 February 2013
Parliamentary Paper: 19/2013
Date of Government Respose: 3 July 2014 (PDF 573KB)

Roundtable on Late Effects of Polio/Post-Polio Syndrome (Completed)
Tabled: 20 August 2012
Parliamentary Paper: 199/2012
Date of Government Response: 24 November 2014 (PDF 646KB)

Inquiry into Registration Processes and Support for Overseas Trained Doctors (Completed)
Tabled: 19 March 2012
Parliamentary Paper: 86/2012
Date of Government Response: No response to date

Inquiry into Tobacco Plain Packaging (Completed)
Tabled: 22 August 2011
Parliamentary Paper: 204/2011
Date of Government Response: No response required

Inquiry into Early Intervention Programs Aimed at Preventing Youth Suicide (Completed)
Tabled: 4 July 2011
Parliamentary Paper: 172/2011
Date of Government Response: 27 June 2013

Advisory Report on the National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) Bill 2011 (Completed)
Tabled: 22 March 2011
Parliamentary Paper: 73/2011
Date of Government Response: No response required

42nd Parliament (February 2008 – July 2010)

Roundtable forum on Youth Suicide Prevention (Lapsed)

Roundtable forum on Burns Prevention (Completed)
Tabled: 16 July 2010
Parliamentary Paper: 183/2010
Date of Government response: 28 February 2012

Roundtable forum on regional health issues jointly affecting Australia and the South Pacific (Completed)
Tabled: 18 March 2010
Parliamentary Paper: 76/2010
Date of Government response: 27 June 2013
Date of Presiding Officers response: 13 May 2010

Roundtable forum on impotence medications (Completed)
Tabled: 23 November 2009
Parliamentary Paper: 407/2009
Date of Government response: No response required

Weighing it up: Obesity in Australia (Completed)
Tabled: 1 June 2009
Parliamentary paper: 109/2009
Date of Government response: 14 May 2013

41st Parliament (November 2004 - October 2007)

Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 19 (2006-2007) (Completed)
Tabled: 15 August 2007
Parliamentary paper: 159/2007
Date of Government response: No response to date

The Best Start: Report on the inquiry into breastfeeding (Completed)
Tabled: 9 August 2007
Parliamentary paper: 153/2007
Date of Government response: 4 December 2008 (909KB)

The Blame Game: Report on the inquiry into health funding (Completed)
Tabled: 4 December 2006
Parliamentary paper: 424/2006
Date of Government response: No response to date

Future Ageing: Report on the inquiry into long-term strategies to address the ageing of the Australian population over the next 40 years (Completed)
Tabled: 7 March 2005
Parliamentary paper: 66/2005
Date of Government Response: No response required

40th Parliament (February 2002 - August 2004)
Standing Committee on Ageing

Inquiry into long term strategies to address the ageing of the Australian population over the next 40 years (Lapsed)

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