Public consultation on items to be considered by the PBAC (November 2026)

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Closes 16 Sep 2026

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Privacy and consent

Privacy Information

Your personal information is protected by law, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), and is being collected by the Department, via Citizen Space, for the purposes of conducting a consultation process in relation to an application submitted to the Office of HTA. The Department will collect your personal information at the time that you provide a submission.

To protect privacy, do not include identifying personal or sensitive information about another individual (third party).

More information about privacy

You can obtain a copy of the Department’s privacy policy by contacting the Department using the contact details set out below.  The Department’s privacy policy contains information about:

  • how you may access the personal information the Department holds about you and how you can seek correction of it; and
  • how you may complain about a breach of
    • the APPs; or
    • a registered APP code that binds the Department; and
  • how the Department has dealt with such a complaint.

You can contact the Department by telephone on (02) 6289 1555 or free call 1800 020 103 or by using the online enquiries form at www.health.gov.au.

How your input will be used

The department routinely shares consultation input with the PBAC and its subcommittees and with the applicant. The department shares:  

Consultation input from groups/organisations in full, after redacting any personal information of third parties (if applicable).  

Consultation input from individuals: 

  • with the PBAC and its subcommittees in full, after redacting any personal information of third parties (if applicable). That is, your personal details will not be redacted. 

  • with the applicant in de-identified summary form. This summary is prepared by the department and shared with both the applicant and with the PBAC and its subcommittees.  

From time to time, the department may also share your consultation input with: 

Other Health Technology Assessment Committees. If another HTA committee, such as the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), is reviewing the application, the department may share PBAC consultation input with that committee or its subcommittees. The department shares the input in the same format as provided to PBAC and its subcommittees. 

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Groups, to inform their reports to the PBAC. The department contracts HTA Groups to prepare documents that help PBAC with its deliberations. If HTA Groups receive copies of consultation input, it is in the same format as provided to the PBAC and its subcommittees. 

Committee members and HTA Groups are subject to confidentiality obligations. 

Publication of Summary 

The department may publish a summary of consultation input on the PBS website as part of the Public Summary Document for the application. The summaries in these documents contain no personal information about individuals or third parties. The summaries may include the names of organisations who give input and may attribute views/comments to these organisations. Organisations should not include information or opinions in their input that they would not wish to see in the public domain. 

Video or audio recordings  

The department is unable to edit consultation input provided in video or audio form. As such, the department shares video or audio input: 

  • from groups or organisations in full, with the PBAC, its subcommittees, and the applicant (unless it includes potentially identifying information about a third party).  

  • from individuals: 
    •  in full, with the PBAC and its subcommittees (unless it contains potentially identifying information about a third party) 

    • in written de-identified summary form with the applicant.  

If video or audio input from a group, organisation, or individual includes potentially identifying information about a third party the department will share the input in a written, de-identified summary form with the PBAC, its subcommittees and the applicant. The summary will not identify individuals but may include the name of the submitting group or organisation (if applicable). 

Other Information

By submitting a response to this survey, please note that:

  • Copyright in the content of your survey response will vest in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Where relevant, you must have obtained the consent of any individuals whose personal information is included in your survey response, to the department collecting this information for the purposes outlined in this notice.
  • The department has complete discretion as to whether your response to this survey is included, in full or in part, in any published summaries (with personal information removed)
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