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Record-keeping and reporting requirements for the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines
Whilst no directive from the WA Government has been published, the Federal Government has introduced legislation outlining the record-keeping and...
Case summary | Hospital breached duty of care for failure advise of urgency and failure to refer
Background On 19 September 2010, Ms Makaroff (the Plaintiff) suffered a dislocated shoulder and a bite wound on her from one of her horses. She was...
Case summary | Failure to attend health assessment
The key issue Whether EEB’s conduct could be considered unprofessional conduct or professional misconduct under the National Law, and the most...
Case summary | GP’s registration cancelled after inappropriate prescription of drugs
The key issue The Tribunal was required to determine the appropriate disciplinary sanction to be imposed. The background The Health Care...
Case summary | Pharmacist guilty of professional misconduct
The key issue Whether the agreed position between the parties with respect to the penalty was appropriate. The background Between March 2010...
COVID-19 vaccinations to be mandatory for all residential aged workers by September 2021
It is expected that this requirement will be introduced through WA’s existing mechanisms (i.e. State Emergency directions) with the support of the...
Wage theft: Self-reporting and annualised salaries
Between March 2018 and March 2019, the FWO ran an investigation into the underpayments of a sample group of 70 Woolworths salaried managers. It was...
Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No.1) Bill 2021
The Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No.1) Bill 2021 (the Bill) makes urgent amendments to the Aged Care Act...
Recalibrating telehealth risks
Since March 2020 (and, at the time of writing, continuing at least until the end of the year) temporary telehealth items have been made available on...
National minimum wages increase by 2.5%
In contrast to this time last year, there was a broad consensus that the current performance of the economy had exceeded expectations, with economic...