The Bill aims to make My Health Record more useful for users and the healthcare system by transitioning it to a ‘share by default’ model. It proposes compulsory sharing of certain patient information, with initial focus on pathology and diagnostic imaging.

Australian consumers face inconsistent protections from scams across differing service providers. The Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024 seeks to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to establish a framework for preventing and responding to scams. This bill digest details the key provisions of the Bill, providing context, definitions and international comparisons for the proposal.

This paper discusses the background to the 2022 election, the events of the campaign and the Australian Electoral Commission’s administration of the election. It provides an overview of results in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The paper concludes with data on parties’ and candidates’ declared donations and expenditure leading up to the election...

The Bill's purpose is to establish a Commission to inquire into and make recommendations to Parliament on historical and ongoing injustices against First Peoples by the Commonwealth, their impact, and appropriate means of acknowledgement and redress. It responds to the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s call for a Makarrata Commission, but may differ from what...

An overview and analysis of the Bill that proposes introducing a minimum age of 16 for social media use in Australia. The digest notes that although the bill has bipartisan support, experts and researchers in relevant fields have encouraged the government to pursue alternative action. Age restrictions will not commence for at least 12 months.