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Most paediatric research is conducted in public health or hospital inpatient settings. The Australian Paediatric Research Network (APRN) is a network that fosters research in office-based settings, where most practice actually occurs. In 2007, we surveyed members to ascertain their research priorities. Seven years on, we repeated this survey to ensure on-going relevance of APRN’s research agenda for practising paediatricians. Ethics approval was granted by The Royal Children’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC #34099). We invited APRN members (n = 448–478) to participate in a two-stage Delphi email survey. In Stage 1 members were asked ‘Thinking about your clinical practice, what is/are the most important research question(s) which need addressing?’, where necessary responses were re-worked into answerable research questions. In Stage 2, members rated each question’s importance to their practice on a 5-point scale. Ratings were averaged to generate a ranked list of research priorities. A total of 70 APRN members contributed 189 research questions, of which 45 were both amenable for study in a practicebased research network and not previously adequately researched. A total of 163 APRN members completed Stage 2. In both 2007 and 2014, obesity treatment and autism spectrum disorder