Appendix 3National inquiries into dental care since 1998
The following list of Federal-level inquiries are reports was collated by the Parliamentary Library. It is presented in chronological order.
Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Report on Public Dental Services, May 1998
Senate Select Committee on Medicare – First report – Medicare–healthcare or welfare?, October 2003
Senate Select Committee on Medicare – Second report – Medicare Plus: the future for Medicare?, February 2004
Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Bill 2007 [Provisions], September 2007
Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, A decent quality of life: Inquiry into the cost of living pressures on older Australians, March 2008
National Health and Hospital Reform Commission, A Healthier future for all Australians, June2009
National Advisory Council on Dental Health, Final Report of National Advisory Council on Dental Health, February 2012
Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Health Insurance (Dental Services) Bill 2012 [No. 2], May 2012
Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012 [Provisions], October 2012
House Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, Bridging the Dental Gap: Report on the inquiry into adult dental services, June 2013
Oral Health Monitoring Group [prepared under the auspices of the COAG Health Council], Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives: Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024, 2015
Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Administration of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, December 2015
Independent Reviews of the Dental Benefits Act 2008[1](as required under Section 68 of the Act):
2009
2012
2016
2019
Productivity Commission, Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Reforms to Human Services, December 2016 and October 2017
Community Affairs References Committee, Value and affordability of private health insurance and out-of-pocket medical costs, December 2017
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, Final Report: Care, Dignity and Respect, March 2021
KBC Australia, Increasing Dental and Oral health training in rural and remote Australia: Feasibility study, September 2022