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International medical graduate supervision issues result in suspensions for three medical practitioners
In Medical Board of Australia v Origanti [2024] VCAT 467, the Medical Board of Australia (the Board) took the unusual step of initiating concurrent...
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – what are your professional obligations?
AI technology is rapidly becoming integrated into many areas of healthcare, including to diagnose and treat patients or clients. New AI tools such...
Disability Royal Commission – The Government Responds
An overview of the key takeaway points for service providers can be found here. Commonwealth Response On Wednesday, 31 July 2024, the Commonwealth...
The Right to Disconnect: What Does It Mean and Does It Affect You?
Legislative background The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024 (Cth) (Amending Act) introduces the new ‘right to...
Independent Contractor Amendments
The full Amending Act can be found here. ‘New’ Test for Characterising Employment Relationship One significant change, due to commence on 26 August...
Fair Work Commission – Peter Ridings v Fedex – ‘Flexible Work Arrangement’ dispute
In this matter, the part-time employee (Applicant) had submitted a formal Flexible Work Arrangement request to his employer, FedEx (Respondent),...
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Transport Workers’ Union of Australia v Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd [2024] FWCFC 287
On 12 June 2024, a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (the Full Bench) made the first intractable bargaining workplace determination. In...
New privacy laws for Western Australia’s public sector on the way
Overview of the PRIS Bill Privacy Framework The PRIS Bill introduces a framework to protect the privacy of personal information managed by public...
Navigating the complexities of fee recovery in practice – strategies for risk management
Complaints and legal claims can add stress to the practitioner’s life, disrupts and detracts from the provision of services, adversely affects the...
The fallibility of memory – why good clinical notes can be the best defence to a claim
The decision involved Mr Ronan Boothman (the Plaintiff) who commenced proceedings against his chiropractor, Dr Christopher George (the Defendant)....