Australian Climate Case resumes in Melbourne Federal Court as experts say Torres Strait may become 'unlivable' without action abc.net.au/news/2023-11-0… via ABC Australia

It’s clear there is strong support for a rethink of how we measure research careers. If you didn’t catch my piece on research assessment in yesterday’s The Sydney Morning Herald click through on this link shorturl.at/mFPRZ ACOLA #research #researchers #Ranking

Growing evidence that workplace mental health interventions DO NOT work. What does work: a focus on structural aspects of work: pay, security, flexibility. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Family of alleged police tasering victim Clare Nowland resolves lawsuit against NSW abc.net.au/news/2024-03-0… via ABC Australia

Federal Court action against disability care provider Live Better after bathwater burns death abc.net.au/news/2024-03-2… via ABC Australia

Draft NDIS bill is the first step to reform – but some details have disability advocates worried theconversation.com/draft-ndis-bil… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

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Federal court fines care provider Live Better $1.8 million after bathwater burns death abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

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An example of the discriminatory effect of the intersection of tort law and the NDIS. The NDIS does not fund care for people over 65 and tort law may not fund care for injured people in their own home v aged care facility. We would not accept this for a younger person

Happy to share my latest article with Carly Schrever and Prue Vines. We discuss whether Courts and Governments can be liable for judicial psychiatric work injury. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10….

Really happy this has just been published in the Torts Law Journal. An area I think is so important and where lack of compensation in both tort and in coming aged care legislation for older people and people with disability just makes me despair. url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/HH4dCmOxl2fp…

The preliminary results from our ARC Australian Study of judicial well-being. Over 30% warranting formal clinical assessment for PTSD; female judicial officers score significantly higher on the STSS scale; and most concern about Magistrate stress. judcom.nsw.gov.au/bench-books-re…

The Second Annual Australian and New Zealand Tort and Compensation Researchers and Teachers Network Symposium - The Intersections of Tort and Compensation Law - Invitation for proposals to present - scan QR code. Thursday 13 and Friday 14 2025 - Hybrid event

So happy at the publication today by OUP of a labour of love celebrating the torts scholarship of Jane Stapleton who has been an amazing mentor to me and so many others. Thanks to my co-editors Jodi Gardner, Jonathan Morgan, Sandy Steel and all the wonderful contributors.

Four weeks to go until abstracts are due for the Tort and Compensation system workshop in Auckland on 13-14 February 2025. Join Kylie Burns and many others to share tort law research and teaching approaches.  Register at forms.office.com/pages/response… . Hope to see you there!

Chapter 1 'Professor Jane Stapleton and her Dialogue with the Courts' by Hon Susan Kiefel currently available free to read academic.oup.com/book/58144/cha…

📣*Torts on Three Continents: Honouring Jane Stapleton* ed by Kylie Burns, Jodi Gardner, Jonathan Morgan, & Sandy Steel OUP Law UK out now; US preorders global.oup.com/academic/produ… Kylie Burns Jodi Gardner

'The Compensation Is Changing the Future': A Reparative Approach to Redressing Human Rights Violations Experienced by People Living with Dementia in Long Term Care. 2024 U. Oxford Hum. Rts. Hub J. 1 (2024) by Prof Linda Steele and Kate Swaffer she/her ❤️🌈🖤🌈💛🌈

♨️Early View📩 When & why do policy intentions wander off course❓ Eloise Hummell, Kylie Burns & colleagues examine how original stakeholders’ perceptions of #NDIS & policy design and implementation challenges can inform future policy reform👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467-8…