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David Tune to Lead Major Review of Aged Care Reforms
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Ken Wyatt AM, MP announced the appointment of David Tune AO PSM to lead the Aged Care Legislated...
HR Toolbox Blog
Are you across your health and safety responsibilities in the workplace? Generally, the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (WA) (the Act) and...
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Updated Workplace Bullying Prevention and Management Guides Safe Work Australia have published updated versions of their anti-bullying guides. The...
Review on the use of chaperones: should the chaperone system be scrapped?
Currently, 47 doctors Australia-wide are under conditions requiring a chaperone as a temporary protective measure, allowing them to continue to...
Public Health Act 2016
To provide a flexible and proactive framework for the regulation of public health, the West Australian Parliament has passed the Public Health Act...
Updated Driver Medical Standards from 1 October
Revised guidelines for use by medical, health professionals and driver licensing authorities have been published detailing updated medical standards...
Department of Health provides clarity on fees
A recent update from the Department of Health has flagged that it is now aware that an increasing number of aged care providers are or are proposing...
Palliative care in best interests of the child
We have previously blogged about the earlier decisions in this matter. Oshin Kiszko was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in December 2015 and...
A Sign of Discrimination?
Following a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission which terminated in September 2015, the appellant filed an application in the...
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Recent decision of interest: Interim anti-bullying orders to deal with picketing The Fair Work Commission has issued interim anti-bullying orders in...