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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...
Superannuation guarantee increases to 10% from 1 July 2021
Additionally, the annual concessional contribution cap increases from $25,000 to $27,500 as a result of indexation in line with changes to average...
Case summary | Surgical hardware and infection – to leave (in-situ) or not to leave?
The key issues Whether the respondent had breached his duty of care in failing to remove all hardware from the appellant’s ankle in or around 2010....
Case summary | Tribunal overturns immediate action to suspend a practitioner’s registration
The key issue Whether the risk to the public and the public interest were such that Dr Rizwan Sami (Dr Sami) should be suspended from practice until...
Case summary | Emergency department doctor has conditions set aside by Civil and Administrative Tribunal
The key issue The treatment of sexual misconduct allegations by way of immediate action. The background The patient presented to her GP on 27 August...
Case summary | Plaintiff unsuccessfully sues radiologist and orthopaedic surgeon
An 18-year-old woman who was born with an undiagnosed congenital pars defect (a crack or fracture of the bones of the lower spine) sued her...