A new book called COVID-19, Law & Regulation: Rights, Freedoms, and Obligations in a Pandemic analyses major legal and regulatory responses internationally to COVID-19, and the impact the pandemic has had on human rights and freedoms, governance, the obligations of states and individuals, as well the role of…
The TRIPS Waiver: Intellectual Property, Access to Essential Medicines, and the Coronavirus COVID-19 Research Symposium, hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) and co-ordinated by Professor Matthew Rimmer, was held on the 10 December 2021. The symposium was part of ACHLR’s research activity in respect…
A significant component of Australia’s legal response to COVID-19 has been to give extensive powers to State and Territory governments to manage the crisis. At times these measures, such as quarantine arrangements, border controls, lockdowns, curfews and face masks, have been controversial, both legally and within the general…
Recently, the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced the establishment of the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme. The scheme aims to provide further assurance and confidence to patients and health professionals in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and will be backdated to the start of the national vaccine…
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of valid will making. Executing a valid will can be difficult during a pandemic in the event of the public health response, incorporating social distancing and lockdowns. Compliance with traditional presence requirements for signing and witnessing wills has, in some jurisdictions,…
The Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) has launched a new online seminar series called Coffee with a Colleague. In this series, ACHLR researchers will discuss their research and projects with key collaborators and colleagues. In the first episode (introduced by Associate Professor Tina Cockburn), Dr Eliana…
