Council Committees
 
The Dental Council is responsible for the regulation of the dental professions it is responsible for. The Dental Council has a governance, strategic and policy role.
 
Council has established the following committees:
 

Audit and Risk Management Committee

Advises the Council on its financial management, risk, control and compliance framework and its external accountability responsibilities.
 
Brent Kennerley - independent member, Grant Thornton (Chair)
Bede Carran (Deputy-Chair)
Mark Goodhew
Neil Waddell
 

Joint Australian Dental Council, Dental Council (NZ) Accreditation Committee

The purpose of this committee is to advise the Australian Dental Council (ADC) and the Dental Council (NZ) on accreditation matters including the criteria for accreditation and certification of education programmes for oral health practitioners leading to registration.
 
Current members of the committee are:
 
Prof Michael Morgan - [Chair & Coordinator, Undergraduate (Dental)]
Prof Paul Abbott
Dr Michael Bain
A/Prof Deborah Cockrell - [Coordinator, Postgraduate]
Ms Jan Connolly
Dr Susan Gaffney - ex officio (President ADC)
Dr Mark Goodhew - ex officio (Chair DCNZ)
Prof Robert Love
Dr Neil Hewson
Ms Clare McNally - [Acting Coordinator, Undergraduate (Oral Health)]
Ward Massey
Dr Bruce Simmons
Ms Neroli Stayt