Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs)

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The bodies responsible for ethical approval are the Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs). These are located at universities, research organisations, hospitals, and health departments and are available in all States and Territories. HRECs also provide guidance to researchers on how to best benefit Indigenous communities. The HRECs listed below deal with research relating to Indigenous people, either exclusively or as part of their mandate. A comprehensive list of general HRECs, including HRECs dealing with non-Indigenous research only, is avaiable from the NHMRC online list.

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Name	Government	Focus	Reach
Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC)	Non-government	Indigenous	NSW
Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW Ethics Committee	Non-government	Indigenous	NSW
Aboriginal Health Research and Ethics Committee	Non-government	Indigenous	SA
Australian Insitute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Research Ethics Committee	Government	Indigenous	ACT
Behavioural and Social Sciences Ethical Review Committee	Non-government	General	QLD
Brotherhood of St Laurence Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	VIC
Cairns Base Hospital Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	QLD
Central Australian Human Research Ethics Committee	Government	General	NT
Centre for Human Research in Criminal Justice, Justice Health Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	NSW
Charles Darwin University Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	NT
Coronial Ethics Committee	Government	General	WA
CQ University Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	QLD
Curtin University of Technology Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	WA
Departmental Ethics Committee, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DEC)	Government	General	National
Greater Western Area health Service Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	NSW
Griffith University Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	QLD
Human Research Ethics Committee of Northern Territory Departemnt of Health and Community Services and Menzies School of Health Research	Non-government	General	NT
Human Research Ethics Committee, Queensland University of Technology	Non-government	General	QLD
Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	NSW
Institute for Eye Research Human Ethics Committee, Cooperation Research Centre Vision	Non-government	General	NSW
James Cook University Human Ethics Sub-Committee	Non-government	General	QLD
La Trobe Regional Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	VIC
Macquarie University Ethics Review Committee, Human Research	Non-government	General	NSW
Murdoch University Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	WA
NSW Institute of Psychiatry Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	NSW
Royal District Nursing Services Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	SA
SA Department of Health Human Research Ethics Committee	Government	General	SA
The Department of Health WA Human Research Ethics Committee (DoHWA HREC)	Government	General	WA
Toowoomba Health Service District Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	QLD
University of South Australia Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	SA
University of Southern Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	QLD
University of Tasmania Human Research Ethics	Non-government	General	TAS
University of Western Australia Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	WA
University of Wollongong and South Eastern Sydney and Illawara Area Health Service and Humanities, Social Science and Behavioural Human Research Ethics Committee	Non-government	General	NSW