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Aged Care Law Reforms – Home Care Packages and Exit Fees
Reforms to Aged Care legislation taking effect from 27 February 2017 will see home care packages moving with the consumer if they change home care...
Accreditation to work at private hospital does not give rise to a contract
The anaesthetist, who had worked at the Hospital for many years, claimed he had been bullied by two nurses at the Hospital in 2013 and 2014 and, as...
AHPRA Annual Report for 2015/16
Highlights of the past year include: There were about 20,000 new registrants in the past year, with a total of 65,274 applications for registrations...
Notifiable Data Breaches – New reporting obligations proposed for entities under the Privacy Act
The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 (‘the Bill’) was introduced in the Australian Parliament on 19 October 2016 and is...
Does a practitioner’s mental illness automatically mean impairment?
The practitioner had a long history of mental illness, with periods of hospitalisation and community treatment orders (CTO) dating back to 1998. She...
Epilepsy intervention study leads to $1.6M payout
The patient suffered from epilepsy due to an antenatal stroke. At age 21, she underwent telemetry testing to determine her eligibility for surgical...
The duty of the court to self-represented litigants
In late 2008, the applicant noticed swelling on the left side of his face and neck extending along the jaw line to a point near the left ear....
Professional Services Review Annual Report 2015-16
In 2015/16 there was an increase in the number of investigations of Chronic Disease Management and MBS Health Assessment items. Many practitioners...
Can emails be legally binding?
What will the court look for? When determining whether or not there is a binding contract the court will look objectively at the broader context of...
Fake Nurse convicted and ordered to pay over $40,000
Two separate actions were brought against Nicholas Crawford by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, one in Queensland and one in Western...