Home births in Australia – A changing legal landscape

…risk assessment and appropriate selection Proper communication of risk to mothers, careful and clear risk assessments and shared decisions between providers and patients are clearly essential to safe and successful…

The COVIDSafe App – What we know and questions that remain unanswered

…what it means for you, published on 15 May by Patricia Monemvasitis and Yue Lucy Han. [1] https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app#privacy [2] https://theconversation*]}*.com/chief-medical-officer-brendan-murphy-predicts-more-than-50-take-up-of-covid-tracing-app-137238 [3] https://www.health.gov.au/using-our-websites/privacy/privacy-policy-for-covidsafe-app#what-personal-information-will-be-collected-and-why-is-it-being-collected [4] https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L00480/Html/Text [5] https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6152119704001 [6] https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covidsafe-app [7] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/business/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html

Personal Injury Law Update

Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (“the Amending Act”) and the Workers Compensation Amendment Regulation 2018 (“the Amending Regulation”). The Amending Act commenced on 26 October 2018 and the Amending Regulation

COVIDSafe App – Part Two Legislation passed by Parliament seeks to address privacy concerns with the COVIDSafe App and what it means for you

…questions that remain unanswered’, published on 27 April 2020 by Patricia Monemvasitis and Yue Lucy Han. [1] https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-users-of-covidsafe-app-urged-to-update-to-avoid-blind-spot/2c694c58-939b-4036-8f35-6dfb90efccca [2]: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covidsafe-application-privacy-impact-assessment) [3]: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/04/covidsafe-application-privacy-impact-assessment-agency-response.pdf [4] https://carrollodea.wpengine.com/publication/the-covidsafe-app-what-we-know-and-questions-that-remain-unanswered/ [5] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/the-three-step-plan-to-relax-restrictions-and-reopen-australia-after-coronavirus-crisis) [6] https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/coronavirus-employers-want-power-over-covidsafe-app/news-story/8d1cc1decd2df8a875fd48bf1bd4d949 [7] https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-covidsafe-app-is-not-fit-for-purpose-on-iphones-20200506-p54qjk.html…

NSW Workers Compensation – Claims for Psychological Injury

…collected by Safe Work Australia and available at: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/topic/mental-health [2] Data coillected by Safe Work Australia and available at: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/infographic-workplace-mental-health#picModal [3] Butcher, Shane, 2022 Review of the Workers Compensation Scheme,…

Between “Heaven mode” and “Hell”: Uber’s use of big data puts users in a purgatory of certainty around privacy issues

…tion not to be used for civil cases” ABC News 13 April 2017 www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-13/data-retention-laws-startbut-information-not-for-civil-cases/8442068. Spangenberg declaration, available at www.documentcloud.org/ documents/3227535-Spangenberg-Declaration.html. NYAttorney General UberAOD, available at www.documentcloud.org/ documents/3227663-NY-Attorney-General-Uber-AOD.html. W Evans, Uber…

NDIS – Defining What is Reasonable and Necessary

…in undertaking activities involving communication, social interaction, learning, mobility, self-care and self-management and/or affecting the persons ability for social and economic participation and the likelihood that they would require support…

Events

…& O’Dea and spoke about the extraordinary life story of John Henry Newman and his contribution to theology and academia and the current position on his recognition as a Saint…

Superannuation Insurance Lawyers

…Protection and Terminal Illness claims, disputes and litigation matters. As a subject matter expert in insurance law with a background in dispute resolution and assisting vulnerable clients, David is well…

Senders, Sharers, likers and tweeters beware – the civil implications of the crime of revenge porn

…apologises for online attack’, available at http://www.smh.com.au/national/man-shamed-for-trolling-clementine-ford-apologises-for-online-attack-20150625-ghxz24.html; and ‘Sydney man fired after calling feminist writer Clementine Ford a ‘sl**’ available at http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/sydney-man-fired-after-calling-feminist-writer-clementine-ford-a-sl/news-story/e1179d6bd723ab6e395c1e2735e4a157. [xix] See article entitled ‘Deakin university journalism professor…