Western Australia, the second jurisdiction to enact voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws, has undertaken its first review of its VAD system since it came into effect in July 2021. Professor Lindy Willmott, Professor Ben White and Casey Haining were engaged by the Western Australian Department of Health to…
The Australian has recently unveiled its list of the Top 250 Researchers for 2025, showcasing leaders across 250 diverse fields of study—those whose work has made a profound impact on their disciplines. Congratulations to Professor Ben Mathews, who has been recognised as the leading Australian researcher in the…
We’re excited to announce that Andrew Stewart, currently John Bray Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide, will take up a new position at QUT as Professor of Work and Regulation in early 2025. Andrew is widely recognised as Australia’s leading expert in employment law and workplace…
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. Volume 6(3) includes a collection of symposium articles from Law as Data, Data as Law. Guest editors Rónán Kennedy (University of Galway) and Brian Barry (Trinity College Dublin) provide analysis from multiple disciplinary perspectives on the latest…
Dementia disproportionately affects women whether living with dementia or supporting someone living with dementia in aged care, a fact largely ignored in the final report of the Aged Care Royal Commission, an analysis by QUT health law researchers has found. Analysis of the RC into Aged Care Quality…
Australian voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws are very similar, but how VAD is implemented by each state and territory can make a significant difference. Recently published research by Ben White, Amanda Ward, Rachel Feeney, Laura Ley Greaves and Lindy Willmott examines how the VAD system has been working…
Professor Matthew Rimmer and Dr Muhammad Zaheer Abbas from the School of Law, together with HDR student Himani Sabharwal, are among the presenters at The Summit of the Future – a QUT Symposium which will analyse The Pact for the Future, The Global Digital Compact, and the Declaration…
400 health professionals, policymakers and patient advocates discuss Voluntary Assisted Dying, with a focus on frontline experiences, workplace sustainability and removing barriers to access Brisbane, 28 October 2024 – Removing barriers to voluntary assisted dying for eligible terminally ill people is the focus of the second trans-Tasman Voluntary…
On the 28th and 29th October, QUT is hosting the 2024 Trans-Tasman Voluntary Assisted Dying Conference. This is the second time the conference is being held, and this year, Go Gentle Australia and VADANZ have partnered with the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) to introduce a…
This week (21-27 October) is Open Access Week – an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. This year’s theme is ‘Community over Commercialisation’ which prioritises approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of…
