FACTS In the context of an undetermined custody dispute, Child A, who was 15 years old, wished to be fully immunised against COVID-19. She received her first COVID-19 vaccine in November 2021 and wanted to proceed with the second and third doses in the usual course....
COVID19 illness of an employee or of an employee’s dependent; employees having to quarantine or self-isolate; employees having to home school children; employees not being able to source care for children and elderly or disabled relatives due to a lack of service...
As announced today, from 12.01am on Thursday, 10 March 2022 the “very high” caseload setting will take effect, allowing all eligible industries (identified below) to implement the Policy. Before an employer can apply the Policy it must first register their critical...
Background The practitioner is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist who regularly performs colonoscopies and rectal examinations on sedated female patients. Allegations were made against the practitioner regarding two incidents of digital vaginal penetration of two...
The appeal was principally concerned with the statutory interpretation of section 156(1)(a) of the National Law. That section provides, relevantly, that the Board may take immediate action if the Board reasonably believes that: because of the practitioner’s conduct,...
Background Patient A was a patient of the practitioner for 7 years (from 2011 to 2018), during which time he provided her general medical services, prescriptions and antenatal care. In September 2015, the practitioner employed Patient A on a casual basis at his...
Background In 2019, Peta Hickey, a 43-year-old woman with no medical history of cardiac problems, agreed to take part in a voluntary corporate heart check program her employer introduced for its senior executives. The program involved participants undergoing a CT...
Facts The patient underwent a tubal ligation with the practitioner, who applied Filshie clips to both the patient’s fallopian tubes to occlude them. When approximately nine months later, the patient fell pregnant with her fourth child, she sued the practitioner in...
The Background Dr Benedicto, as an international medical graduate, had limited registration as a medical practitioner, requiring her to practise under supervision. During the period October 2015 to May 2017, Dr Benedicto was alleged to have provided substandard...
The background Dr Constantin Jigau self-notified to the Medical Board of Australia (the Board) in October 2018 after he received a determination from the Professional Services Review Committee on 24 October 2018 which related to his rendering of services under 9 MBS...