Professor Nicolas Suzor, Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the QUT School of Law, has been appointed to a new Artificial Intelligence Expert Group. The establishment of the group was announced by the Federal Minister for Industry and Science (The Hon Ed Husic MP), following the Government’s interim…
Law, Technology and Humans journal in 2024
In 2024 the Law, Technology and Humans journal will begin publishing three issues per year instead of two. Papers are considered for publication at all times. Preference is given to research and scholarship that: Challenges and critically examines the promises and perils of emergent technologies; Engages with the futures…
ACHLR 11th Public Oration – Professor Emily Jackson
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research annual oration is delivered by leading international experts in health law. In 2023 ACHLR was proud to deliver its 11th Oration presented by Professor Emily Jackson who discussed Regulating Reproduction. This lecture revisited some of the themes of Professor Jackson’s 2001…
Changing attitudes indicate Australia open to banning smacking of children
Australia should join 65 other nations that have passed laws against corporal punishment of children in all settings to advance its goal of reducing all forms of violence against children, QUT researchers say. Dr Divna Haslam and Professor Ben Mathews from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research…
Voluntary assisted dying is now available in all Australian states. How do the NSW laws compare?
From today (28 November 2023), eligible people in New South Wales can ask for voluntary assisted dying. Casey Haining, Ben White, Katrine Del Villar and Lindy Willmott, members of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) have published an article in The Conversation explaining the eligibility requirements…
Health Law in Australia – Fourth Edition
The Fourth Edition of Health Law in Australia was published recently. The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG (pictured, second from right) met with three of the editors (Professors Lindy Willmott, Ben White and Shih-Ning Then) and received the first copy of the book at the 2023 AABHL Conference,…
Law, Technology and Humans Volume 5 Issue 2
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. Volume 5(2) includes articles from the symposium Regulatory Futures and Medical Devices: Where Next for Europe and the United Kingdom? The symposium in this issue of Law, Technology and Humans (curated by Muireann Quigley, Laura Downey and…
Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws examined in new podcast
A new podcast series on Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws (VAD) that aims to address public confusion about eligibility, process and access to VAD has been launched. The series is produced by PhD researchers Sinead Prince (pictured, left) and Ruthie Jeanneret (pictured, right), from the Australian Centre for…
Intellectual Property and Public Health symposium
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research is hosting a one-day, in-person, symposium on intellectual property and public health on Friday, 8th December 2023. This event is intended to explore the multi-dimensional topic of intellectual property and public health in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. It will…
The Australian Journal of Law & Religion – Volume 3
Volume 3 of the Australian Journal of Law & Religion is now available. Volume 3 and all contributions can be downloaded for free as PDFs from the Australian Journal of Law & Religion website. About the Journal The Australian Journal of Law & Religion is the first peer-reviewed,…