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The provision of high quality health care is of utmost importance to Australians. Health care should meet the needs of the community and be delivered in a just and equitable manner.
This document provided guidance to researchers and Human Research Ethics Committees on the complex considerations necessary in the conception, design and conduct of appropriate research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) review research proposals involving human participants to ensure that they are ethically acceptable. There are approximately 200 HRECs in research organisations across Australia or operating independently.
This page includes information on guidelines and tools about: Assisted Reproductive Technology clinical ethics decision-making for pandemics research involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples health privacy organ and tissue donation and transplantation payment of participants in research peer review and ethical review embryo research, stem cells and human cloning quality assurance and evaluation activities participant information and consent forms.
Upholding the highest standards of ethics and/or integrity in Australian health and medical research.
Reverend Kevin McGovern, recipient of the 2023 NHMRC Ethics and Integrity Award, is one of Australia’s leading ethicists, active in education, research and policy for over 25 years. Throughout his professional life as a parish priest, academic and community leader, Reverend McGovern has brought to innumerable discussions and debates the highest quality and intensity of consideration. His reputation for the courage of his convictions and his openness and respect for others with a diversity of views is unparalleled.
Human Ethics Committees have a difficult and sometimes controversial role in guiding the Australian research community’s work with people. Challenging ethical issues in contemporary research on human beings focuses on some of the most challenging ethical issues using case studies and through discussions.
Ensuring the ethical, humane and responsible use of animals in health and medical research forms part of the sector’s social license to operate in Australia.
Quality assurance (QA) and evaluation are important to ensure effective work and the best outcomes. However, confusion arises over if an activity is research, evaluation or QA as there may be similar research methods used.This document assists organisations in developing QA policy and appropriate oversight.
This manual demonstrates the need for clinical ethics capacity in Australian health care organisations and provides guidance for institutions wishing to establish or strengthen an existing clinical ethics service.
The Ethical guidelines for cell, tissue and organ donation and transplantation in Australia (the Guidelines) provide a framework to support ethical practice and inform decision-making by all those involved in Australia’s donation and transplantation system.
The Ethical Guidelines for Cell, Tissue and Organ Donation and Transplantation in Australia provide a framework to support ethical practice and inform decision-making by all those involved in Australia’s donation and transplantation system.
The Ethical guidelines for organ transplantation from deceased donors were developed by NHMRC following a joint request from the Organ and Tissue Authority and the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
The National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023) consists of a series of guidelines made in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.
The National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2025) consists of a series of guidelines made in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.Effective early 2026 (date to be confirmed).
We are committed to setting high standards in ethics in health care and research.
NHMRC developed the Human Research Ethics Application (HREA) form as a concise application to facilitate timely and efficient ethics review for research involving humans. HREA assists researchers to consider the ethical principles of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023) in relation to their research.
NHMRC provides advice about the care of people in post-coma unresponsiveness (vegetative state) or a minimally responsive state.