Why making voluntary assisted dying legal best respects both sides of this debate After almost three decades of refusing to agree to it, it looks as though Australian parliaments are slowly beginning to warm to the idea of voluntary assisted dying (VAD). Legislation has already been passed in…
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published
Law, Technology and Humans is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing original, innovative research concerned with the human and humanity of law and technology. Supported by the Faculty of Law, the Journal was launched late last year alongside the QUT Law Lab and is one of four…
Law, Lawyers and Justice: Through Australian Lenses
Law is different in Australia. The origins of the Australian state in a military-run British prison camp, the legal fictions of terra nullius that dispossessed, displaced and failed to see the sovereignty of First Nation people, and the efficiency currently witnessed in controlling the population and the economy…
Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law
Dr Michael Guihot (Senior Lecturer in the QUT Faculty of Law), in collaboration with Lyria Bennett Moses (Professor in the UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law), has published a new book which explores the legal and ethical issues arising from developments in artificial intelligence and robotics. Artificial Intelligence, Robots…
COVID-19 mobile phone contact tracing and information privacy law
With the release of the Australian Government’s COVIDSafe App this week, Mark Burdon, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, has published a timely two-part blog for the Cambridge University Press on the use of COVID-19 contact tracing technologies. Part one examines recent developments in mobile phone contact…
Queensland Parliamentary Committee endorses Willmott and White recommendations for voluntary assisted dying reform
A Queensland Parliamentary Committee recently handed down its Report on Voluntary Assisted Dying. Recommendation One of that report was that the Queensland Government should introduce legislation to legalise voluntary assisted dying based on draft legislation submitted to the Committee by Professors Lindy Willmott and Ben White. The Chair…
Urgent action needed to stem the growth of the NBN divide
Almost a decade ago, Dr Lucy Cradduck (Senior Lecturer, QUT Faculty of Law) examined the legal challenges facing the then to be constructed Australian national broadband network (NBN). That dissertation, ‘The future of the Internet Economy: Addressing challenges facing the implementation of the Australian National Broadband Network’, served…
Call for papers for the Law, Technology and Humans journal
Law, Technology and Humans (ISSN 2652-4074) is an innovative open access, double blind reviewed journal that encourages research and scholarship on the human and humanity of law and technology. Law, Technology and Humans is advised by a leading International Editorial Board and is sponsored by the Faculty of…
Resource limitations and End of Life decision making
Approximately 30% of adults in Australia die after a decision to stop or not start potentially life-sustaining treatments, including mechanical ventilation, artificial nutrition and hydration, and CPR. While these decisions are a common part of mainstream medical practice, they raise practical, legal and ethical challenges. A central justification…
Law-making about voluntary assisted dying must be based on reliable evidence
The Queensland Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee will shortly deliver its report about voluntary assisted dying. The key question is whether or not the law should be changed to permit voluntary assisted dying. If the Committee recommends reform, its report will be…