Hello world, public health lawyers exist! Mask mandates & vaccine laws? We study those 👉🏻@alexandraphelan, @ProfLWiley, Lawrence Gostin Benjamin Mason Meier Laws on food, tobacco & alcohol? We study those too 👉🏻 @alikjones, Tony Brown, McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer Who did I miss? 😀 1/2

Taking calls!

3 pros of the RAT mandate: Good science (esp epidemiology) would be aided by more/better data about NSW cases; may increase possibility of a workable verification framework for Cth $ assistance for work absences; it's another 'node' in the network of controls to manage COVID. 1/2

3 counterveiling cons: the data still likely defective with mandate; Cth framework for compensation might be gamed/grifted and some may be 'shafted'; enforceability prospects are very low and new disincentives to skip a test (legal duties kick in after + result) may emerge. 2/2

Dr Chris Rudge, expert in Sydney Health Law at Sydney Law School say the NSW RAT mandate is unenforceable. "I can't think of many legal instruments that are more unenforceable than this," Dr Rudge told AAP. Interviews available. thewest.com.au/news/coronavir…

Fantastic outcome of our work with Sydney Law School and Imperial College London, which shows immense value of interdisciplinary in research and the importance of the health law in basic biological discovery journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/13… #SydneyPharmacySchool Sydney Nano #EVs

Dr Chris Rudge, expert in Sydney Health Law at Sydney Law School says compliance is high with the RAT reporting mandate but there are still problems. Dr Christopher Rudge spoke to Mary Ward at The Sydney Morning Herald 🎙Interviews available smh.com.au/national/nsw/m…

It’s the new year and the Sydney Health Law blog is hungry for content. Have an (informed) opinion on something to do with health law? We welcome guest bloggers, reposting, and student work.

#Djokovic The FCAFC's reasons for rejecting ground 1 (the binary/counterfactual ground) are very sound. When one thinks about it, all decisions may be said to be (at least) binary (to act/not to act). But where the law grants a broad discretion to act, ...

Thread from Sydney Health Law's Christopher Rudge on #Djokovich 👇

New on our blog: Roger Magnusson describes World Health Organization (WHO)'s progress on developing a new pandemic instrument, its relationship with the International Health Regulations, and what issues it might cover: bit.ly/3qLfgnZ

Sydney Health Law's Christopher Rudge discusses the issues with NSW's mandatory RAT reporting requirements in this new blog post for MJA #healthlaw

Last year, our research team ran a workshop on how local governments can create healthy and sustainable #FoodSystems. Here's a summary of what participants told us: bit.ly/3H5YzII And check out our website for other helpful resources: law-food-systems.sydney.edu.au

The NSW Premier recently announced an 'all-of-government' approach to Closing the Gap. On our blog, Roger Magnusson provides an explainer to this national agreement and related health governance reforms: bit.ly/33GvgyS

I took all my tweets on public health law and turned them into a blog post. So, if you've ever wondered how law and public health go together, here's a short(ish) explainer #phlaw sydneyhealthlaw.com/2022/03/21/a-s…

New on our blog: Sydney Law School's Olugbenga Olatunji Olugbenga Olatunji, PhD writes on how dwindling flexibilities in international patent agreements will impact access to medicines in low- and middle-income countries: bit.ly/3z21Xnh

Conference opportunity! 2 more days to submit abstracts for Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law (Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law Conference). #Bioethics #Conference #Health #HealthLaw #HealthEthics

Join us for the ACHLR HDR student showcase on Mon 8th August. Eight HDR students will give conference style presentations from their PhDs, plus guest speakers Prof. Ben White and former PhD student Dr Julia Duffy. Find out more: research.qut.edu.au/achlr/hdr-stud…

New on our blog: Roger Magnusson describes the continuing influence of the alcohol industry on global #alcohol policy frameworks: bit.ly/3dOJAKC #CDOH

Me with Prof Cam Stewart on the Independent Review of Cosmetic Surgeons published this morning by Ahpra and the Medical Board Sydney Law School Sydney Health Law University of Sydney theconversation.com/whos-the-best-…