Medical law
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Health law
Fact sheet
Fact Check Fact File: Could the government make a COVID-19 vaccine mandatory in Australia?
Enforcing mandatory vaccination is a complicated proposition intersecting public health, rights to bodily autonomy and medical ethics. RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look at whether mandatory vaccination could be enforced in Australia.
Journal article
Evidence-based law-making on voluntary assisted dying
This paper argues that evidence-based law making by parliamentarians is needed as they deliberate proposed voluntary assisted dying laws. There has been limited recognition of the value of evidence-based approaches in the discipline of law
Journal article
Regulating voluntary assisted dying in Australia: some insights from the Netherlands
Over two decades of Dutch experience with voluntary assisted dying can inform deliberations about the nature of a regulatory framework in Australian jurisdictions, according to the authors of this article.
Report
Policy and investment recommendations for trustworthy AI
This report contains policy and investment recommendations for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, addressed to EU institutions and Member States. The High-Level Expert Group on AI puts forward suggestions that can guide trustworthy AI towards sustainability, growth and competitiveness, as well as inclusion – while empowering, benefiting and protecting human beings.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Could Richard Di Natale and Bob Brown act as medical advisers on the transfer of refugees under proposed legislation?
As the Government seeks to prevent the passage of the so-called "medevac bill", Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has questioned the influence medical practitioners would have in deciding to transfer sick refugees to Australia for treatment, suggesting t