Footnotes

A matter relating to the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) review of 2000

[1] Correspondence from Dr Robert Ware, dated 26.1.06, p. 1.

[2] Note: The Department of Health and Family Services was renamed as the Department of Health and Aged Care in 1998, and then as the Department of Health and Ageing in 2001.

[3] Dr Michael Wooldridge, Minister for Health and Family Services, Launch of Medicare Services Advisory Committee, speech at Old Parliament House, 6.4.98, available from www.health.gov.au.

[4] MSAC, Annual Report, April 1998 – June 2000, p. 9.

[5] MSAC, Annual Report, April 1998 – June 2000, pp. 14 - 15.

[6] Correspondence between Professor David Weedon and Minister Michael Wooldridge, dated 9.6.99, p. 1 (supplementary documentation provided by Dr Robert Ware at 28.4.06 hearing).

[7] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 4.

[8] Report of the Review of Positron Emission Tomography, August 2000, p. 1.

[9] David Weedon, 'Health technology assessment in Australia' (1999) 171 Medical Journal of Australia, p. 552.

[10] Report of Review of Positron Emission Tomography, August 2000, p. 55.

[11] Report of Review of Positron Emission Tomography, August 2000, p. 56.

[12] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 4; Minutes of Steering Committee meeting, 13 October 1999, p. 5.

[13] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, pp. 4-5; Minutes of Steering Committee meeting, 13 October 1999, p. 2.

[14] Minutes of MSAC Supporting Committee meeting, 29 November 1999, p. 2.

[15] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 5

[16] Minutes of MSAC Supporting Committee meeting, 28 February 2000, p. 8.

[17] Minutes of MSAC Supporting Committee meeting, 23 March 2000, p. 3.

[18] Minutes of MSAC Supporting Committee meeting, 23 March 2000, p. 4.

[19] Minutes of MSAC Supporting Committee, 23 March 2000. [bold in original]

[20] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 5.

[21] Minutes of Steering Committee, 6 April 2000, p. 2. [bold in original]

[22] Committee Hansard 30.3.07, p.33 (Dr King).

[23] Minutes MSAC meeting, 24 May 2000, p. 2.

[24] Dr Terri Jackson, Commentary on MSAC Supporting Committee Report for the Review of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Services, tabled at MSAC meeting 24 May 2000 provided in Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information, dated 29.5.06 (Attachment 8) [bold and italics in original].

[25] MSAC, Draft report of meeting, 24 May 2000, p. 3.

[26] MSAC, Draft report of meeting, 24 May 2000, p. 4.

[27] MSAC, Minutes of meeting, 9 June 2000, p. 1.

[28] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 6.

[29] Positron emission tomography MSAC assessment report, March 2000, pp. 87 – 88 [bold in original].

[30] Report of Review of Positron Emission Tomography, August 2000, p. xi.

[31] Report of Review of Positron Emission Tomography, August 2000, p. xiii.

[32] Report of Review of Positron Emission Tomography, August 2000, p. xviii.

[33] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 19.02.08, p. 4.

[34] Correspondence, Dr Robert Ware, dated 26.1.06, pp. 2 & 7.

[35] Correspondence, Dr Robert Ware, dated 26.1.06, pp. 5 & 6.

[36] Correspondence, Dr Robert Ware, dated 26.1.06, p. 6.

[37] Correspondence, Professor Rodney Hicks, dated 6.6.07, p. 1.

[38] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 33. (Assoc. Prof. Richard King).

[39] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 34. (Assoc. Prof. Richard King).

[40] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 35. (Assoc. Prof. Richard King).

[41] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 46 (Assoc. Prof. Richard King).

[42] Department of Health and Ageing, answer to question on notice 2, 14.6.07 hearing (dated 3.9.07).

[43] Correspondence, Prof. Michael Millward, dated 8.8.07, p. 1.

[44] Correspondence, Prof. Kenneth Miles, dated 7.8.07, p. 1.

[45] Correspondence, Prof. Andrew Scott, dated 12.8.07, p. 1.

[46] Correspondence, Prof. Brendon Kearney, dated 15.8.07, p. 1.

[47] Correspondence, Dr John Primrose, dated 15.8.07, p. 1 (Department of Health and Ageing).

[48] Correspondence, Prof. Robert Thomas, dated 7.8.07, p. 1.

[49] Correspondence, Prof. Michael Fulham, dated 19.8.07, p. 2.

[50] Committee Hansard, 14.6.07, pp. 16 & 19 (Prof. Rodney Hicks).

[51] Committee Hansard, 14.6.07, p.14 (Prof. Rodney Hicks).

[52] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 21 (Dr Robert Ware).

[53] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 46 (Assoc. Prof. Richard King).

[54] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 3.9.07, p. 2.

[55] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 6.

[56] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 9.

[57] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 10.

[58] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 9.

[59] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 9.

[60] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 3.9.07, p. 4.

[61] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 29.5.06, p. 10.

[62] Department of Health and Ageing, answer to question on notice 4, 14.6.07 hearing (dated 3.9.07).

[63] Department of Health and Ageing, answer to question on notice 3, 14.6.07 hearing (dated 3.9.07); MSAC, Guidelines for members of MSAC supporting committees, August 2000, p. 3.

[64] Correspondence, Prof. Rodney Hicks, dated 5.10.07, p. 2.

[65] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 19.2.08, p. 3.

[66] Department of Health and Ageing, answer to question on notice 2, 14.6.07 hearing (dated 3.9.07).

[67] Department of Health and Ageing, answer to question on notice 2, 14.6.07 hearing (dated 3.9.07).

[68] Correspondence, Professor Andrew Scott, dated 12.8.07, p. 1.

[69] Correspondence, Professor Michael Millward, dated 8.8.07, p. 1.

[70] Correspondence, Professor Kenneth Miles, dated 7.8.07, p. 2.

[71] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 7 (Dr Robert Ware).

[72] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 65 (Prof. Rodney Hicks).

[73] Correspondence Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing to Professor Rodney Hicks, 10 February 2004, provided in Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 25.5.06 (Attachment 10.2).

[74] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 65 (Prof. Rodney Hicks).

[75] Correspondence, Professor Michael Fulham, dated 19.8.07, p. 2.

[76] Correspondence, Professor Andrew Scott, dated 12.8.07, p. 2.

[77] Correspondence, Professor Ken Miles, dated 7.8.07, p. 2.

[78] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 3.9.07, p. 3.

[79] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 3.9.07, p. 3.

[80] Department of Health and Ageing, answer to question on notice 10, 14.6.07 hearing (dated 3.9.07).

[81] Correspondence, Dr Robert Ware, dated 26.1.06, p. 1.

[82] Correspondence, Dr Robert Ware, dated 26.1.06, p. 10.

[83] The Public Service Act 1999 s. 13 outlines the APS Code of Conduct. The Code provides that an 'APS employee must not provide false or misleading information in response to a request for information that is made for official purposes in connection with the employee's APS employment'.

[84] Committee Hansard, 30.3.07, p. 3 (Dr Robert Ware).

[85] Senate Community Affairs Committee, Additional information received, Volume 6, Index and Answers to Estimates Questions on Notice, Health and Ageing Portfolio, Supplementary Budget Estimates 2003-2004, 5 November 2003, pp. 168-7 (E03-045).

[86] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 19.2.08, p. 4.

[87] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 3.9.07, pp. 3-4.

[88] MSAC, Report of a Review of the Medical Services Advisory Committee, May 2005.

[89] Committee Hansard, 30.03.07, p. 16 (Dr Robert Ware).

[90] MSAC, Report of a Review of the Medical Services Advisory Committee, May 2005, p. 32.

[91] MSAC, Annual Report, April 1998 – June 2000, pp. 14 - 15.

[92] Committee Hansard, 14.6.07, p.22 (Mr David Learmonth, Department of Health and Ageing).

[93] Government Guidelines for Official Witnesses before Parliamentary Committees and related material, November 1989, p. 3. Available from www.pmc.gov.au.

[94] Department of Health and Ageing, Additional information dated 16 June 2008, p.1.

Minority report by Senators Milne and Allison

[1] Correspondence from Dr Robert Ware, dated 26.1.06, p. 1.

[2] Note: The Department of Health and Family Services was renamed as Department of Health and Aged Care in 1998, and then as the Department of Health and Ageing in 2001.