The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support As the government seeks to moderate growth of the scheme budget, some NDIS participants are finding they are no longer eligible for the scheme.

Just out from me and @annekavanagh.bsky.social - The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support theconversation.com/the-governme...

HUGE admission by Dept of Employment which is all but turning off welfare 'penalty zone' of the Coalition era Targeted Compliance Framework. After sustained pressure over 18-months from advocates, media and parliament. Big win for @antipovertycentre.org www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

Published: Consent as Friction.

Data consent is more than a tool to facilitate choice. It can be a source of friction--like sand in the gears of algorithmic engines--to undermine the economic viability of harmful business practices. Regulators should use it as such.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This is how I know it's bedtime in my house!

We can often share our own chapters/articles personally even if they're not open access so always worth contacting authors before forking out!

The Future of Mental Health, Disability and Criminal Law This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability an...

Hi Rose, this chapter is open access via the 'Open Access content' link near the top of this page: www.routledge.com/The-Future-o.... Hope it's of interest.

You are too kind, thanks @roentree.bsky.social - look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Lecturer (Environmental Law) - Perth (Suburb), Western Australia (AU) job with UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA | 387339 Contribute to teaching, research, research supervision, and engagement activities within the Law Sch...

Hey folks, UWA law is looking for an expert in #enviro #law. Please note this is a specific subject-area need & not optional in terms of expertise. Lvl B #lecturer position. You need #PhD or very close to completion. #jobs #jobFairy #academia #AUS www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

The Future of Mental Health, Disability and Criminal Law This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability an...

The paperback version of our edited collection (and tribute to @bernmcsherry.bsky.social), 'The Future of Disability, Mental Health and Criminal Law', is now out - and it's on sale!

Info here and get in touch for an extra discount code: www.routledge.com/The-Future-o...

Thanks James!

Disability human rights in Australia

Come and join me at the University of Tasmania to do a PhD on the interpretation and implementation of the #CRPD in Australia. Scholarships are available to suitable candidates. More information here - get in touch if you're interested! www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...

for doctoral scholars at Australian or New Zealand universities: this year's ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students workshop will be held at the ANU. A great opportunity to meet other ECRs and get feedback, especially for early stage PhD work.

Deadline 24 Feb 2025

anzsil.org.au/Postgraduate...

Human rights and the social determinants of mental health: fostering interdisciplinary research collaboration There is a developing body of research indicating that individual and population-based mental health is affected by a range of ‘social determinants’. Discrimination, poverty, inadequate access to h...

Thanks to @ymaker.bsky.social for the initial concept and for co-authoring this open access article on #HumanRights and the #SocialDeterminants of #MentalHealth with me. #Psychscisky #Psychiatry #Psychology #Law
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Call for papers - the Routledge Handbook of Doctor Who

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...

We've set up a starter pack with current and former staff, collaborators and supporters of Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Please DM to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/SejMzZB

Victoria fails royal commission timeline as mental health reforms delayed The Allan government has backtracked on its promise to implement all recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System on time.

Post a thorough (and often distressing) Royal Commission, hoping there's still the impetus for positive changes to occur in the #MentalHealth system in Victoria - particularly in regional areas. #Psychscisky #HumanRights #Psychology #Psychiatry www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

‘The social engineering of shame’: Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme Rick Morton brings complex evidence into an accessible format for the public – and policy makers – to understand.

‘The social engineering of shame’: Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme theconversation.com/the-social-e... via
@ConversationEDU

Dear ANZSIL members and friends, ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025: Save the Date and Conference Theme It is with great pleasure that the ANZSIL Annual Conference Organising Committee announces the dates, location and theme of the ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025! The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’. The Postgraduate Research Student Workshop will be held on Tuesday 1 July 2025. Save the dates now! The Call for Papers will be issued shortly. We look forward to seeing you in Canberra in July 2025. Best wishes, Imogen Saunders and Douglas Guilfoyle (Co-Chairs of the ANZSIL Conference Organising Committee 2025)

Save the date for the world's best-sized international law conference!

The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University.

The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’.

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These expectations set out how the Tasmanian NPM expects people deprived of their liberty in aged residential care, disability and related services to be treated. They're the first of their kind in Australia and I hope they will make a useful contribution to OPCAT implementation!

New from me: 'Draft expectations on the treatment of people deprived of their liberty in health and social care' for the Office of the Tasmanian NPM. The draft was developed in co-design with advocacy and civil society orgs and is open for public consultation til March npm.tas.gov.au/home/our-exp...

Submissions are open for the AG department's consultation on automated decision-making in the delivery of government services - closing 15 January

Bunnings breached privacy of customers by using facial recognition, watchdog finds Hardware chain breached law by scanning faces of everyone entering the store against a database of banned customers

Bunnings breached the privacy of potentially hundreds of thousands of customers through use of facial recognition in dozens of stores in NSW and Victoria, the privacy commissioner has ruled. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...