Position Statements
Below is a list of position statements produced by the ASA in collaboration with our membership, including advisory and special interest groups.
These statements provide the ASA’s view on issues of relevance to sonographers, sonography practice, and members of the public undergoing ultrasound exams; and support our work in advocating for the profession.
May 2026 | Point of Care Ultrasound Position Statement
May 2026 | Non-medical ultrasound in pregnancy Position Statement
Sep 2025 | Artificial Intelligence and Sonography
Nov 2024 | Clinical Training Placements for Sonography Students in Australia
May 2022 | Sex determination by ultrasound in the first trimester
Feb 2022 | Mitigating sonographer distractions in obstetric ultrasounds
Consultations & Submissions
The ASA regularly engages with government and sector consultations, representing the sonography profession to ensure that patients' have access to high quality medical diagnostic ultrasound services provided by sonographers.
The ASA's expert committees and special interest groups support the organisation in this work. Following are some of the most recent ASA responses to consultations and other submissions to industry and governments on behalf of sonographers.
2026-27 | Pre-budget submission to the Australian Government
2025-26 | Pre-budget submission to the Australian Government
2023–24 | Pre-budget submission to the Australian Government
2020–21 | Pre-budget submission to the Australian Government
2019–20 | Pre-budget submission to the Australian Government
Sep 2026 | ASA response to ABS Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA)
Jul 2026 | ASA response to AHPRA consultation on recency of practice and CPD registration standards
Apr 2026 | Regional, rural and remote Medicare access and funding inquiry
Oct 2025 | ASA Response to Medicare Funded Diagnostic Breast Imaging Services 2nd Public Consultation Paper
Jul 2025 | ASA Response to the Australian Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Accreditation (ASQMIA) Scheme
Apr 2025 | ASA Response to the Tasmanian Code of Conduct for Health Care Workers
Mar 2025 | ASA Response to the Draft National Allied Health Workforce Strategy
Feb 2025 | ASA Response to the Queensland Allied Health Clinical Governance Framework Review
Nov 2024 | ASA Response to the Review of Medicare Funded Diagnostic Breast Imaging Services
Nov 2024 | ASA Response to the Review of Select Medicare Funded Diagnostic Imaging Ultrasound Services
Oct 2024 | ASA Response to the NRAS Complexity Review
Oct 2024 | ASA response to the Consultation draft of the Tasmanian Cardiac Strategy
June 2024 | ASA response to Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce - Scope of Practice Review
May 2024 | ASA response to Parliament of South Australia Select Committee on Endometriosis
Mar 2024 | ASA input to the 2024 Skills Priority List - Stakeholder Survey
Oct 2023 | ASA submission to the MyHealth record consultation
Aug 2023 | ASA submission to AHPRA criminal history standard review
Jul 2023 | ASA response to the consultation on Safe and Responsible AI in Australia
May 2023 | ASA response to the ACSQHC National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards
May 2023 | ASA response to the draft RANZCR Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology v12.0
Feb 2023 | ASA response to the AHPRA Review of Accreditation Arrangements
Feb 2023 | ASA response to Sustainable healthcare module consultation
Jan 2023 | ASA response to AHPRA draft Data Strategy consultation
Dec 2022 | ASA Response to the National Skills Commission, Skills Priority List – Stakeholder Survey
Jun 2022 | ASA feedback on supervision of Medicare funded musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound services
Apr 2022 | ASA feedback on MSAC Proposed Diagnostic Imaging Services
Mar 2022 | ASA response to ACSQHC consultation on the draft Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard
Feb 2022 | ASA response to MSAC 1705 - Structured prenatal risk assessment for preterm preeclampsia
Oct 2021 | ASA response to ACSQHC development of a stillbirth and bereavement care clinical care standard
Sep 2021 | ASA response to Public Consultation of RANZCR Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology v11
Nov 2019 | ASA response to RANZCR draft Standards of Practice for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Mar 2019 | ASA response to the MBS Review Taskforce – Report from the Vascular Clinical Committee
Jan 2026 | ASA response to New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board – Scope of Practice
July 2025 | ASA response to New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board - Practising Certificate Policy
Mar 2023 | ASA response to the New Zealand Ministry of Health, Women’s Health Strategy
Feb 2023 | ASA response to the New Zealand 2022 Budget Policy Statement (Budget 2023)
Jan 2022 | ASA response to the New Zealand 2021 Budget Policy Statement (Budget 2022)
Dec 2021 | ASA response to the proposed Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill