An overview of the key takeaway points for service providers can be found here. Commonwealth Response On Wednesday, 31 July 2024, the Commonwealth released its response to the Royal Commission Final Report. Of the 222 recommendations, 172 recommendations were...
New Quality Standards The existing Quality Standards were introduced only a few years ago – in 2019 – to much fanfare. However, since then, the Royal Commission recommended (in 2021) a review of the Standards – ushering in another period of change and adjustment for...
The case is a good illustration of the application of the key legislative provisions outlined in the Panetta McGrath factsheet available here It serves as an important warning not only for pathology providers, but also landlords (a common example being owners of...
Following on from David McMullen's article Health Practices in WA: At Risk of unexpected payroll tax? This recent article published in the ADAWA Western Articulator will be of interest to all health practices who have practitioners working under an independent...
In October 2022, Medibank reported that ‘unusual activity’ on its network had resulted in its customer data being accessed and stolen by a third party. The Medibank cyber-attack started with the theft of login details from an employee who had privileged access to the...
New lease or a renewal? If your lease contains an option to renew, you are entitled to be granted a lease for a further term (however long that may be), but it is important that you validly exercise the option: Most leases will specify an earliest and latest date for...
Health insurance funds in Australia pay in the vicinity of $2 billion towards dental services annually.[1] An intrinsic part of the way dental services are funded in this country, insurance monies do come with strings attached: Put simply, health funds hold the money,...
How long has this been going on? The current reform process commenced with the release of the first of four Consultation Regulatory Impact Statements (“CRIS”) in August 2019. Subsequent CRISs were released in December 2019, March 2020 and June 2021. These CRISs (as...
Case Notes: Commissioner of State Revenue v Optical Superstore Pty Ltd (as trustees for the OS Management S Trust [2019] VSCA 197 (Optical Superstore Case) Thomas and Naaz Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2021] NSWCATAD 259 (Thomas Case) In these two...
These sites were specially set up (with origins dating back to the 1950s) to give disabled people the chance to participate in employment and further their workplace skills, while socialising in the process. Supported employees at the sites perform work such as basic...