This policy briefing presents evidence from research in support of three key amendments proposed to Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Act. It also identifies an omission in the proposed law changes, which should be addressed. The policy briefing draws on three key studies.

This briefing summarises research about voluntary assisted dying (VAD) conducted by Professors Ben White and Lindy Willmott (with colleagues).

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (the Royal Commission) is required to inquire into, among other things, ‘what institutions and governments should do to achieve best practice in encouraging the reporting of, and responding to reports or information about, allegations, incidents or risks of child sexual abuse and related matters in...

This lecture was filmed on 24 September 2015 as part of the public lecture series of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at the Queensland University of Technology. Topic: F amily Violence as a Challenge for Public Health Law Practitioners, Researchers and Society Violence, including family violence, has become a major concern for public...

Professor Peter Singer (Princeton) and Associate Professor Charles Camosy (Fordham University) debated the ethics of euthanasia and assisted suicide at the International Conference on End of Life in Brisbane, 2014. The conference was co-hosted by QUT’s Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Dalhousie Health Law Institute and Tsinghua Health Law Research Centre.