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Failure to warn gives rise to wrongful birth claim: Nouri v Australian Capital Territory [2018] ACTSC
Saba Nouri was born on 3 November 2011 to the plaintiffs with severe disabilities. Saba’s disabilities were characterised as VACTERL association – a...
Royal Commission Into Aged Care Quality And Safety
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is to examine the quality of care in residential and home care services provided to senior...
Another inquiry into aged care? What is the Aged Care Royal Commission, and how will it be different?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the Government's decision to ask the Governor General to establish a Royal Commission into the aged care...
Report of the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices
The report recommends the introduction of a bill for voluntary assisted dying, which should be drafted in consultation with a panel of experts,...
Coroner seeks strategies for managing residents with dysphagia
Paul Milward was aged 53 at the time of his death on 31 August 2015 and resided at an aged care residential facility. Mr Milward suffered from...
HR Toolbox Edition 15 – 2018
Latest decisions An unusually close relationship between an employee and employer nullifies bullying claim Ms McCutcheon, who was employed as an...
Court orders brain surgery on 12-month-old baby against parents’ wishes
Baby K was born on 22 July 2017 with cortical dysplasia in the left hemisphere of his brain. As a consequence, K suffers from a form of epilepsy...
Nanny-cams and Home Care Services
Laws relating to surveillance cameras and devices operate at the state and federal level. In WA the applicable Acts are the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)...
Doctor denied procedural fairness by Tribunal
Proceedings had been commenced in the Tribunal by the Medical Board alleging a breach of professional boundaries, sexual misconduct, misleading...
HR Toolbox Edition 14 – 2018
Latest news Minimum wage increase The Fair Work Commission’s Minimum Wage Panel recently decided to increase the national minimum wage including all...