In July 2025, Australia introduced a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy – a landmark shift that could reshape how individuals protect their personal information. But how did we get here, and where might we go next? Join Emeritus Professor Barbara McDonald, The Hon. Peter Applegarth AM…
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) invites you to register and participate in the 5th International Conference on Assisted Dying and Other End-of-Life Care (ICEL5). The conference will be held in Brisbane, Australia (pictured) from Wednesday 8th April to Saturday 11th April 2026 and will be…
On Thursday 28 August 2025, Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Scott McDougall delivered a public lecture on how the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) is influencing the provision of health care in Queensland. To listen to the presentation and download the presentation slides, visit the ACHLR website. Abstract This public…
A QUT research team, led by Professors Ben White and Lindy Willmott, is carrying out a research study* on Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) and Dementia in Australia, and is inviting medical practitioners, regardless of whether they provide VAD, to take part in a one-off interview. Interviews will be…
International Perspectives on Assisted Dying: Comparative insights from Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia As assisted dying becomes increasingly legalised across the globe, important insights can be gained from how different jurisdictions approach access, safeguards, clinical practice, and oversight. This international panel brings together leading experts from Canada,…
QUT is offering two PhD scholarships as part of an Australian Research Council Linkage Project. The project will undertake the first comprehensive analysis of how Australian VAD systems are being implemented and are operating in practice. The project will provide impactful and tangible solutions for practice, policy and…
Dr Madeleine Archer (pictured at centre) has officially earned her PhD from QUT. Her thesis, undertaken in the End-of Life program in the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, was supervised by an interdisciplinary and international supervisory team: ACHLR Professors Ben White (pictured at right) and Lindy Willmott…
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. Volume 7(2) includes Part 2 of a collection of symposium articles from Narratives, Frontier Technologies, and the Law. In this second part, guest editors Henrique Marcos and Syamsuriatina binti Ishak (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) give particular attention…
QUT researchers have made a submission to the Inquiry into e-mobility safety and use in Queensland. The submission was led by Professor Julie-Anne Tarr, with Associate Professor Michael Guihot, Professor Tina Cockburn and Professor Karen Sullivan. This submission is made in response to growing concern that Queensland’s current…
What is the idea of religious freedom? Where does it come from? Why should it be protected? In Christian Natural Law and Religious Freedom – A Foundation Based on Love, the True, and the Good, a new book published by Associate Professor Alex Deagon, these important questions for…
