ACT Ethics Organisations

Australian Insitute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Research Ethics Committee

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Departmental Ethics Committee (DEC)

This DEC is an approved Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) that provides ethical assessment of non-biomedical research proposals involving humans.

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

The NHMRC is responsible for raising the standard of individual and public health, by fostering health and medical research, training and by monitoring ethical health issues throughout Australia. It provides support and advice on health and human research ethics, including information for Human Research Ethics Committees.

Below is a list of direct links to relevant sections on the NHMRC website:

NHMRC Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC)

AHECs provide support to Human Research Ethics Committees. This section of the NHMRC site contains information about AHECs, including their composition, role and work.

NHMRC Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)

HRECs protect the welfare and rights of participants involved in research by reviewing research proposals involving humans. They are established by organisations, which register their HREC with the NHMRC. 

A list of all registered HRECs (more than 200) is provided on the NHMRC website.

A list of all registered HRECs with Indigenous membership is provided on this Network.