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…
ACHLR Public Lecture – International Perspectives on Assisted Dying
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 PhD scholarships on the operation of voluntary assisted dying laws
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…
PhD success — Dr Madeleine Archer
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…
New Issue | Law, Technology and Humans – Volume 7(2), 2025
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…
Inquiry into e-mobility safety and use in Queensland
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…
Christian Natural Law and Religious Freedom
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…
10 steps governments can take now to stamp out child sexual abuse in care settings
Education Minister Jason Clare and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Lukas Coch/AAP Recent cases of prolific alleged child sexual abuse in Melbourne and other Australian early childhood education and care settings have shocked even experienced people who work to prevent child sexual abuse. Parents are right to be outraged,…
Impacting policy and legal reform in organ and tissue donation, transplantation and research
ACHLR Deputy Director, Professor Shih-Ning Then (QUT School of Law) and ACHLR Adjunct, Professor Dominique Martin (Deakin University, School of Medicine) are internationally recognised experts in their respective fields of law and ethics in the area of organ and tissue donation, transplantation and research. Their impact domestically and…
Ben Mathews appointed as Distinguished Professor
Professor Ben Mathews has been appointed by QUT as a Distinguished Professor in recognition of his research, impact and eminence within the field of child maltreatment and leadership contribution to QUT. This is the first appointment of a Distinguished Professor in the history of QUT’s Faculty of Law.…