New laws in New South Wales have commenced, updating its legislative framework governing charitable fundraising.
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New Medicines and Poisons Regulatory Framework in Queensland
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A new medicines and poisons legislative framework has recently commenced in Queensland.
Read MoreNew Aged Care Vaccination Recording and Reporting Requirements
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Amendments to the National Aged Care Records Principles have commenced, setting out new vaccination reporting and record keeping requirements for certain aged care services.
Read MoreHealth Practitioner’s Registration Suspended for Public Interest Reasons
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In Pridgeon v Medical Council of New South Wales [2021] NSWCATOD 89, NSWCAT upheld a decision of the Medical Council to suspend the registration of a registered practitioner for knowingly contravening a Family Court order.
Read MoreNurse Fails in Appeal Against Finding that She Was Not Bullied at Work
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In Robertson v State of Queensland [2021] QCA 92, the Queensland Court of Appeal confirmed that a hospital did not owe an employee a duty to take reasonable steps to avoid a psychiatric injury during a performance management process.
Read MoreNew National Higher Education Threshold Standards
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Federal Parliament has introduced new Threshold Standards specifying the requirements higher education providers must meet to be registered by TEQSA.
Read MoreNew National Laws Simplify the Email ‘Unsubscribe’ Process
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Federal Parliament has introduced new regulations simplifying the process for unsubscribing from commercial electronic messages.
Read MoreGender Equality Laws Commence in Victoria
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New laws have commenced in Victoria requiring public sector organisations, local councils and universities to take positive action towards achieving workplace gender equality.
Read MoreNew National ‘Serious Incident Response Scheme’ Targeting Elder Abuse
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This article applies to all ‘approved providers’ of Commonwealth funded aged care services. Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious Incident Response Scheme and Other Measures) Act 2021 (Cth) Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious ...
Read MoreIs Every Minute of a Work Trip Connected to Employment?
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In Dring v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2020] FCA 699, the Federal Court considered whether an injury that occurred during a work trip was ‘in the course of employment’ and therefore compensable.
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