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Consultation Hub
The Consultation Hub invites ADA members to add your voice and help shape submissions on dental regulations, workforce, oral health policy and other issues that matter to members.
Your feedback ensures we represent dentists effectively.
Open consultations:
OPEN
Inquiry into access to and affordability of medical specialists in Aus – Parliament
ADA invites your feedback by: 25 September 2026
Email feedback to: policy@ada.org.au
Open for feedback - ‘Always-on’ advocacy issues
- Private health insurance (vertical integration, competition issues, clinical autonomy)
- Dental workforce (national planning, training, supply)
- Publicly funded schemes (CDBS, DVA, etc.)
- General anaesthesia (theatre availability)
- Rural, regional, remote areas (treatment availability, barriers, solutions)
- Oral health promotion (enhancing national oral health)
OPEN
‘Always-on’ advocacy issues
Email feedback to: policy@ada.org.au
(Please include your federal member #)
Closed consultations
Recency of practice and continuing professional development registration standards – Ahpra
CLOSED
Fee Transparency in Healthcare: Informed Financial Consent & Split Billing Practices – DHDA
ADA invites your feedback by: 20 July 2026
Email feedback to: policy@ada.org.au
CLOSED
Draft Revised Position Statement on Minamata Convention on Mercury - DBA
ADA invites your feedback by: 24 July 2026
Email feedback to:policy@ada.org.au
Closed
Proposal to formalise the Competent Authority pathway – MBA
ADA invites your feedback by: 7 July 2026.
Email feedback to: policy@ada.org.au
Closed
Review of the Standard pathway – MBA
ADA invites your feedback by: 7 July 2026.
Email feedback to: policy@ada.org.au
Closed
Recency of practice and continuing professional development registration standards – Ahpra
ADA invites your feedback by: 16 June 2026.
Email feedback to: policy@ada.org.au
Closed
Health Star Rating System (P1067) – Food Standards Australia New Zealand
ADA invites your feedback by: 4 June 2026.
Email feedback to:policy@ada.org.au
Closed
Vehicle allowances in dental practices under modern awards
ADA invites your feedback by: Your prompt feedback appreciated.
Background reading: https://www.fwc.gov.au/hearings-decisions/major-cases/vehicle-allowances-applications-vary-multiple-awards-am202610-and
Closed
Impact of fuel crisis on dental practices
ADA invites your feedback by: Your prompt feedback appreciated.
Background reading: https://ada.org.au/fuel-crisis-ada-calls-for-member-input-to-strengthen-advocacy
Closed
TGA Consultation on Conformity Assessment Procedures for Medical Devices
ADA invites your feedback by: 14 April 2026.
Background reading: https://consultations.tga.gov.au/tga/proposed-changes-australian-caps-medical-devices/
Closed
Feedback on the oral care recommendations in the Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide
ADA invites your feedback by: 31 March 2026
Email feedback to: policy@ada.org.au
Closed
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquiry on rural, regional and remote Medicare access and funding
ADA invites your feedback by:6 March 2026
Email feedback to:policy@ada.org.au
(Please include your federal member #)
Closed
Have your say on streamlined pathways for experienced internationally qualified practitioners
ADA invites your feedback by: 30 Jan 2026
Email feedback to:policy@ada.org.au
(Please include your federal member #)
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From student to new graduate, associate or practice owner, to late-career clinician, the ADA is working together across Australia so you can practice with confidence, grow your career, and help shape the future of dentistry.
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