Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 establishes the IPS for Australian Government agencies subject to the Act. The IPS commenced on 1 May 2011 and requires agencies to publish a broad range of information on their websites and to list certain documents not available online and how they can be accessed. All of these materials are indexed from this central IPS entry point.
Information on requesting access to other information the NHMRC holds, through a Freedom of Information request, can be found on our Freedom of Information page.
Information that we have released under Freedom of Information requests is available on our FOI Disclosure Log page.
What’s new
This area will note new information or documents that are added to our IPS entry.
Required Information
1) Agency IPS plan
2) Agency structure
3) Agency functions
Establishing/governing legislation:
- National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992
- Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002
- Prohibition of Human cloning for Reproduction Act 2002
Codes:
- Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
- National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007)
- Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes 7th Edition, 2004
- NHMRC Statement of Intent
- NHMRC’s Role (this page includes links to our Strategic Plan, Principal Committees and Corporate Reports)
- Policies relating to grant programs
- Applicant kits for each funding scheme
4) Agency appointments – non-APS employees
- Appointment of CEO
- Appointments to Council
- Appointments to Principal Committees
- Appointments to the Audit Committee
- Appointment of Commissioner of Complaints
5) Our reports and responses to Parliament
- Annual Reports
- Licensing Committee publications (this page includes links to Licensing Committee biannual reports to Parliament)
- Senate standing orders on consultants/contractors (Murray Motion) (XLS, 632KB)
6) Public consultations
7) Routinely requested information and disclosure log
Where the NHMRC identifies information routinely requested and released in response to FOI requests, we will actively release that information through our IPS.
Some of this information may already be available on our FOI Disclosure Log page.
8) Agency operational information
- Policies relating to grant programs
- Applicant kits for each funding scheme
- Protocols for externally developed guidelines
- Complaints procedures
- Details for complaints to the Commissioner of Complaints
9) Optional Information
- NHMRC procurement (this page includes links to Legal services reporting and our Annual Procurement Plan)
- Ethics codes
- Media releases
- Our finances
- Publications and Guidelines
List of documents which are impracticable to publish online
If you wish to have access to any of the documents in the list below of documents not available online please contact us.
There may be charges where the reimbursement or incidental cost would be more than $100. Generally we will not charge where the cost would be below $100. Charges are noted in the following table.
Charges
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Format |
Charges |
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Photocopy |
10 cents per page |
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Copy (other than photocopy) |
$4.40 per page |
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Copy of the document in the form of a computer tape or a computer disk |
An amount not exceeding the actual costs incurred by the NHMRC in producing the copy |
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Copy of the document to be sent to the applicant by post or delivered to the applicant |
An amount not exceeding the cost of postage or delivery |
Documents not available online
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Reference |
Document title |
Date |
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Accessibility
If you need assistance because the document or information on this website is not available in a format you can access please contact us for an alternative accessible format. We have further information on accessibility here.
Feedback
We invite you to provide comments on our Information Publication Scheme entry, particularly in relation to any documents that appear not to be discoverable, understandable or machine-readable. See our general contacts page for information on contacting us.