In the media
Boosting Australia's medicinal cannabis
industry
The Australian Government will boost the nation's
medicinal cannabis industry by prioritising projects that have been
granted Major Project Status and ultimately driving economic growth
(02 August 2019).
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Tainted supplements
Athletes are being urged to steer clear of supplements by
the Australian Sports Ant-Doping Authority, with the Therapeutic
Goods Administration noting many products are unregulated (01
August 2019).
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Insurers want action over CTP 'claims
farmers'
Insurers involved with Queensland's compulsory third
party scheme have again pushed for deeper reforms to fix the
widespread problem of "claim farming" plaguing the system
(29 July 2019).
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Published – articles, papers, reports
The effective and ethical development of Artificial
Intelligence: an opportunity to improve our wellbeing
Toby Walsh, Neil Levy, Genevieve Bell, Anthony Elliott,
James Maclaurin, Iven Mareels, Fiona Woods
Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA): 30 July
2019.
Placing society at the core of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) development, this report analyses the
opportunities, challenges and prospects that AI technologies
present, and explores considerations such as workforce, education,
human rights and our regulatory environment. More...
Benefits, harms and cost-effectiveness of cancer
screening in Australia: an overview of modelling estimates
Jie-Bin Lew, Eleonora Feletto, Stephen Wade, Michael
Caruana, Yoon-Jung Kang, Carolyn Nickson, Kate T Simms, Pietro
Procopio, Natalie Taylor, Joachim Worthington, David Smith, Karen
Canfell.
Published 31 July 2019. More...
Cases
Health Ombudsman v Agnola [2019] QCAT
193
PROFESSIONS AND TRADES – HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
– PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS – DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
– MISCONDUCT IN PROFESSIONAL RESPECT – where the
respondent is a pharmacist – where disciplinary proceedings
were instituted against the respondent in relation to the
respondent taking from his place of employment and then consuming
Ritalin – where the respondent has fully cooperated with
proceedings – where the respondent concedes that the conduct
is professional misconduct – where the parties have reached a
joint position as to sanction – whether the sanction proposed
is appropriate
PROFESSIONS AND TRADES – HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS –
DISCPLINARY PROCEEDINGS – NON-PUBLICATION ORDERS –
where the respondent applied for non-publication orders requiring
that the Tribunal's reasons be de-identified – where the
respondent submitted that the publication of his identity would
have a more significant impact on him than other practitioners due
to the nature of his current employment – where the applicant
opposed the making of a non-publication order – whether the
interests of justice require the making of a non-publication
order
Health Ombudsman Act 2013 Qld s 103, s 104, s 107; Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law 2010 Qld s 5; Queensland
Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 Qld s
66.
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