Radiation Advisory Committee

Key messages

The Radiation Advisory Committee is established under the Radiation Act 2005.
The committee provides advice on all aspects of radiation safety.
The committee submits an annual report each year.
Members are appointed for 3 year terms.

The Radiation Advisory Committee is established under the Radiation Act 2005 (the Act). The committee's function is to consider, advise and report to the Minister for Health or the Secretary of the department on any matters relating to the administration of the Act and Radiation Regulations 2017, including:

the promotion of radiation safety practices
recommending the criteria for the licensing of persons to use radiation sources and the qualifications, training or experience required by those persons
recommending which radiation sources should be considered prescribed radiation sources
radiation safety standards for the testing of prescribed radiation sources by approved testers
the nature, extent and frequency of tests to be conducted on prescribed radiation sources and the specification of radiation safety tests
codes of practice, standards or guidelines with respect to particular radiation sources, radiation practices or uses.

Radiation Advisory Committee members

Members of the committee are appointed by the Minister for 3 year terms. The current term is from 2020 to 2023. The committee members and their areas of expertise are:

Dr David Bernshaw - radiation oncology
Dr Ken Karipidis - non-ionising radiation
Dr Roslyn Drummond - radiation oncology
Dr Joanna Lia Wriedt - law and epidemiology
Dr Zoe Brady - medical physics
Dr Peter Francis - nuclear medicine and paediatrics
Mr Geoffrey Dick - radiography
Associate Professor Eddie Lau - radiology and nuclear medicine
Dr Tomas Kron - radiation oncology medical physics
Dr Fiona Charalambous - radiochemistry
Ms Min Ku - radiation therapy

Radiation Advisory Committee annual reports

The Act also requires the committee report on its activities and submit an annual report to the Minister for Health by 1 November each year. The report is tabled in parliament as soon as practicable after it is received.

The current annual report can be obtained from the Downloads section on this page, while past reports can be found in the publications library.

Downloads

Radiation Advisory Committee Annual Report 2021

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Reviewed 13 January 2022

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Contact details

Our phone service is available Monday to Friday, from 9:00am to 1:00pm or we can be contacted via email.

Radiation Safety Department of Health GPO Box 4057, Melbourne, VIC 3001

Phone 1300 767 469

Radiation.safety@health.vic.gov.au