Freedom of Information – FOI54126
This document was produced in response to part of a request for documents made to the Australian Health
Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth),
request
FOI54126.
The table below is the total expenditure on Health and Performance Assessments for the 2023-2024 and
2024-2025 financial years. The information in this document is the total amount spent on external costs
regarding these assessments (for example, assessor fees, pathology testing, etc.).
Costs
2023-24
2024-25
Health assessment costs
$330,289
$185,324
Performance assessment costs $25,333
$105,995
Total
$355,622.34
$291,319.10
The second table is the total panel fee costs of maintaining a list of panel members for 2023-2024 and
2024-2025 financial years. This line item only reflects part of the panel hearing costs. Panel hearings are
run in-house by Ahpra over video-link and Ahpra does not record ongoing running costs broken down by
regulatory function. For example, a meeting room or computer wil be used for many purposes, some of
which may include being used to conduct a panel. Similarly, Ahpra does not keep time sheets for staff
broken down by the processes that they are working on.
Costs
2023-24
2024-25
Panel fees
$16, 307
$22, 849
The third table is the total fees paid to Tribunals for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 financial years.
Costs
2023-24
2024-25
Tribunal fees
$323, 768
$1, 329, 906
Figures 1-3 – This information is current to the date of the access decision provided for FOI54126; 2
October 2025.
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency | National Boards
GPO Box 9958 Melbourne VIC 3001 Ahpra.gov.au 1300 419 495
Ahpra and the National Boards regulate these registered health professions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practice, Chinese medicine,
chiropractic, dental, medical, medical radiation practice, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathy, paramedicine, pharmacy,
physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology.
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