National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025

Release of the 2025 National Statement

The National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025 incorporates a revised Section 4 as well as changes to other sections and some additional minor changes (see below).

The 2025 National Statement is effective from 1 October 2025. From that date, the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2023 will be revoked and researchers submitting human research proposals for ethics review, ethics review bodies and those involved in research governance will be expected to apply the guidance in the 2025 National Statement.

The National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2025) is available in the Downloads section below.

For more information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions.

Minor changes to the 2025 National Statement

As part of the revisions of the 2025 National Statement, AHEC made some minor changes to support the revisions to Section 4 and other sections of the National Statement. These changes include corrected references, clarifications of ambiguous phrasing and other grammatical, punctuation and/or formatting changes that were identified during the editing process.

As the changes raise issues that are of minor significance only, there is no requirement for public consultation (National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 sub section 14B(1)(b)).

To fulfill notification requirements in accordance with section 9 of the National Health and Medical Research Council Regulation 2016 a summary of proposed changes is available below.

• Summary of minor amendments to the National Statement (available soon).