Latest News

  • Submission on Caring for Older Australians

    MTAA has lodged a submission to the Productivity Commission in response to its Issues Paper on Caring for Older Australians. In its submission MTAA has called for policies to enable older Australians to have better access to medical products and technologies that assist independent living and decrease inappropriate emergency room and hospital admissions.
    » To read MTAA’s submission, please follow this link.

  • Conference program now available!

    A preliminary program for the MTAA annual conference MedTech 2010 is now available. Register now! Early bird registration closes 8 August.
    » To find out more, please follow this link.

  • MTAA Election Policies

    With a Federal Election imminent, MTAA has identified major policies for the medical technology industry.
    » To access a copy of the MTAA election policies, please follow this link.

  • Therapeutic Goods Advertising

    The Therapeutic Goods Administration has released a consultation paper on the advertising of therapeutic goods.
    » To access the consultation paper, please follow this link.

  • Government position paper on promotion of therapeutic products

    The Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Mark Butler, released a Position Paper outlining the Government’s intentions with respect to the self-regulatory codes of conduct of the therapeutic industry bodies.
    » To find out more, please follow this link.


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Upcoming Events

6 August - VPNG Victorian State Conference

The Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group (VPNG) annual conference and workshops for 2010 will be held in Melbourne. For further information, please click here.

9 August - MTAA Networking Function

You are invited to join the Board of the Medical Technology Association of Australia at a networking function in Melbourne on Monday, 9 August 2010.
MTAA Chief Executive Officer Anne Trimmer will give a short overview of the Association's priorities. Special guest speaker is Dr Paul Fennessy.

Topic: New technology – when to invest and how to invest, a Victorian Department of Health perspective.

The Victorian Department of Health's Health Technology Program
The Victorian Policy Advisory Committee on Technology (VPACT)
Decision-making for new technology
Funding for new technology including coverage with evidence development and sustainability of funding
HealthPACT and possible developments


Date: Monday 9 August
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm (drink service and canapés from 5:30pm)
Address: Clarion Hotel on Canterbury, 326 Canterbury Road Forest Hill, Melbourne

There will be no charges to attend the event, but please RSVP no later than Thursday 5 August to reception@mtaa.org.au or (02) 9900 0650 to enable management of attendance.