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The NATA Excellence Award is created to celebrate the people and organisations whose commitment to quality, innovation and accredited excellence strengthens confidence across Australia.  This year, PathWest Forensic Biology, Laboratory Medicine WA, was named the recipient of the 2026 NATA Excellence…

Accreditation Matters 2026 wrapped yesterday after two outstanding days of insights, energy, innovation and connection, bringing together more than 500 delegates, 80 sessions and 90 speakers from across Australia and around the world.  The conference, held at the Melbourne Convention…

NATA is pleased to recognise an important milestone in Australia’s accreditation history: 70 years of accredited chemical testing by the National Measurement Institute. Since 11 June 1956, NMI’s NSW Chemical Laboratories have held NATA accreditation for chemical testing and measurement services. That accreditation now extends to NMI’s Victorian laboratories, demonstrating a…

FIFA is strengthening its global anti-doping efforts for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, bringing together national anti-doping organisations across Canada, Mexico and the United States to deliver one of the most comprehensive testing programmes in the tournament’s history. …

APAC 2027 is coming to Sydney! NATA played an active role at the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) Annual Meetings 2026 in June which also honoured NATA’s outgoing CEO and APAC Chair Jennifer Evans with the APAC Lifetime Achievement Award for her leadership and…

NATA is supporting the adoption of the ISO 21043 series of Forensic Science standards to strengthen best practice across the forensic process.  Covering   ISO 21043 is applied as an extension to a facilities ISO/IEC 17025 scope…

Jennifer Evans will close an extraordinary chapter in NATA’s history when she officially retires on July 10, a career defined by scientific rigour, steady leadership, international influence and a deep commitment to the public value of accreditation.  Evans joined NATA on April 6, 1987 as a Scientific Officer…

As we celebrate World Accreditation Day, it is perfect time to challenge one of accreditation’s longest-running stereotypes.  That it’s boring.  It’s an understandable assumption. Accreditation is often associated with laboratories, technical reports, standards, measurements and compliance. The work is rigorous, methodical and highly technical. It is…