Member feedback request - specialist services in Australia

1 July 2026

The Australian Government's House Standing Committee on Health, Disability and Aged Care has invited ASA to comment on its current inquiry into access to and affordability of specialist services in Australia. The Clinical Committee is inviting comments and feedback from members on the terms of reference for this inquiry.

Parliamentary inquiries gather intelligence across a broad range of stakeholders about a current policy topic the government is considering. The Health Minister has indicated that specialist accessibility and affordability is a major current policy consideration for the government and so it's important that the sleep specialty is included. There are likely going to be many similar issues across different specialties, but we will primarily be addressing the sleep specialty in our submission. The inquiry will also be seeking recommendations about how to solve the problems we raise that are occurring within the sleep specialty.

Please complete this short survey to provide input to our submission. The survey will take you about 5 minutes to complete and will be open until close of business on Friday 24 July 2026.

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Questions about this submission should be directed to the CEO, Marcia Balzer.