Deputy Director @sydneyhealthlaw / Lecturer (BA LLB PhD) @sydneylawschool #healthlaw #welfarelaw
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"The suggestion that interference with reproductive autonomy and health—borne disproportionately by women—could be a valid form of State punishment offends against the most basic notions of human dignity and equality.": hcourt.gov.au/sites/default/…
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Biobots is a finalist in the Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research.
Learn more:
youtu.be/HUUy1jtAgw8
#EurekaPrizes
ALT Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research finalist team, Biobots.
Thanks as ever to the @ConversationEDU for hosting my short piece on peptide clinics in Australia, following the Four Corners investigation into products purporting to be anti-ageing.
Wellness clinics are supplying peptides and anti-ageing injections that aren't approved, meaning they haven't been checked for safety or effectiveness. @chrisrudge @Sydney_Uni theconversation.com/how-well…
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Media release: AI data centre regulation must strengthen Australia’s democracy as well as its economy
Read in full here: buff.ly/ypo4nsx
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Ink has barely dried on one of the world’s biggest government settlements for abysmal misuse of automated decision-making and the auditor’s primed to weigh the matter soberly.
Contribution open for the management of Centrelink automated decision-making performance audit anao.gov.au/work/performance…
Important reporting from Emily Baker on how EMDR therapy is compromising access to justice for abuse survivors. The tension between prosecution policy and evidence law needs reconciling, especially given the NHMRC endorses EMDR for PTSD. abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/c…
I'm running Sydney Marathon 2026 for the Tenants' Union of NSW, which has for 50 years stood up for renters. Training's hard; but home disputes harder.
Sponsor me here! sm26.grassrootz.com/tunsw/ch…
P.S. The graphic says I ran 831 days straight in one year; true, but three years. 😅
In Australia, patients can access certain experimental human cell/tissue treatments through regulatory exclusions in hospitals, though we think there's a chance to learn more from each case. Thanks
@Sydney_Uni for featuring our work:
go.sydney.edu.au/JyXvad #researchforgood
An injectable gene therapy that promises to extend lifespan is said to be launching later this year — no rigorous trials, no FDA approval, offered only via partner clinics, apparently in Honduras, Panama and the Bahamas. I spoke to @newscientist about it. newscientist.com/article/253…
Beach J has approved the $548.5m Robodebt settlement. $475m compensates 433k+ group members, on top of the $112m from 2021. The misfeasance claim won't now be tried — but his Honour found Commonwealth liability would not have been difficult to prove ('smooth sailing'). ...
Regrettably, the fight over two days was about the funder's commission. Omni Bridgeway sought 15% (~$71m). The Court allowed $35m, finding the funder's risk fell away once the matter settled at mediation.
Today is day one of two in the final settlement hearing in the Robodebt class action. The FCA (Beach J) will decide whether to approve the $548.5m settlement for 433k+ group members. Settlement ends any hope of a trial but will pay out money.
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=hPD7-9xh…
Hee is my discussion of the issues last year: theconversation.com/robodebt… Since then, the NACC has found two mid-level public servants corrupt for their roles in Robodebt.
Chaplin v Secretary, DSS [2026] HCA 22: appeal dismissed unanimously. “Earned, derived or received” now turns on what a decision-maker can be satisfied of, not when income was truly earned or entitlement truly arises. austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewd…
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Workforce Australia AI plans face delays as DEWR assesses privacy, cybersecurity, and automated decision-making risks.
themandarin.com.au/314344-em…
New today on Welfare Law in Australia: Darren O'Donovan on the recently tabled NDIS Amendment Bill 2026. The Bill rewrites the test for who counts as 'permanently' disabled, and O'Donovan considers what this means for those affected.
welfare.substack.com/p/a-tra…
#NDIS #AusLaw
Thanks @ThomasOriti and Drive on 702 @abcsydney for allowing me to express my concerns about the proposed employment services reform and consultation.
Thanks to Sally Sara and the ABC Radio National Breakfast production team for having me on yesterday morning ahead of the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations' National Press Club address on unemployment sector reform: abc.net.au/listen/programs/r…
Thanks to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for having me on yesterday to share my view on the proposed Workforce Australia overhaul: youtube.com/watch?v=DhpkFkKh…