Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2018 update

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal) has suspended a specialist surgeon’s registration for six months following serious deficiencies in her surgical care, colonoscopy procedures, post-operative management and record-keeping.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has authorised the Royal Children’s Hospital to administer a stem cell transplant to increase the likelihood of survival for a 15-year-old girl against the objections of both the child and her mother.

A Queensland tribunal decision examines the professional misconduct of an anaesthetist who published patient photographs and commentary without consent in a self-published book.

The Victorian Supreme Court determined that costs should ordinarily follow the event in disciplinary proceedings brought by the National Board against a registered health practitioner.

Health and life sciences continue to rapidly emerge as a major sector in Australia’s economy, driving innovation, medical advancement and scientific understanding. As the sector grows, however, it is increasingly exposed to scrutiny around integrity and the consequences that follow when confidence in research and quality is questioned.

Australia’s health and life sciences sector is growing rapidly, and with that growth comes a more complex web of legal exposure for the organisations that operate within it. The recent Bartier Perry panel event, Health and Life Sciences: Research Integrity Under the Microscope, explored how failures in data and research integrity translate into real-world risk.

A prisoner made an application to Queensland Corrective Services seeking to have some of her eggs extracted and frozen so that she may undergo ‘assisted reproductive technology’ upon her release from imprisonment.

Health and life sciences is rapidly emerging as a major sector in Australia’s economy, helping to drive innovation, advancements in medical treatments, public health and scientific understanding. However, as the sector grows, driven by unprecedent technological change, the industry faces growing risk of fraud and research misconduct, which can have far-reaching consequences for organisations, corporate reputation and public trust.

In recent amendments to the National Health Act 1953 (Cth) (‘the Act’), the Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care (‘the Secretary’) now has a wider scope of power to cancel the approval of approved pharmacists.

Recent amendments to the National Health Act 1956 (Cth) (‘NHA’) have a direct impact on PBS approved pharmacists who have had their personal registration suspended under a State or Territory Act. Under State and Territory law, a pharmacy owner who has had their registration suspended is generally provided 6 months to sell their pharmacy from the date their registration is suspended or cancelled.

A new sandwich shop has opened in Melbourne under the name Sangaweech, created by three well known Australian comedians who have decided to expand their creative talents into the hospitality world.

These changes introduce additional changes and clarifications to the already sweeping reforms introduced by the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2025.

In Freeth v Volvo Group Australia Pty Ltd [2025] NSWPICPD 78, the President dismissed a worker's appeal and confirmed that section 46 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) will operate to reduce concurrent weekly...

In the financial year ended June 2024 SafeWork Australia reported nationwide there were over 30,209 workers compensation claims lodged by construction workers.

Author discusses National Reconciliation week and what it means.

Summary of the case and highlights the need for legislative reform to protect vital freshwater resources in Australia.

Increasing headwinds of global economic uncertainty will influence the ultimate agenda of insolvency law reform.

A number of high-profile industrial incidents in Australia demonstrate the effect of increased expectations and positive obligations on employers.

The general rule is that a business cannot send unsolicited emails to market, sell, and promote their goods and services.

Temporary ban on foreign purchases of established dwellings in Australia for a period of at least two years from 1/4/25.