Australian Centre for Health Law Research
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
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This podcast features a series of video seminars and interviews by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at Queensland University of Technology. It explores innovative research on current and emerging health law issues in Australia and around the world. The episodes cover topics such as legal and ethical questions in healthcare, policy developments, and academic insights. The content is aimed at researchers, legal professionals, and anyone interested in health law.
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Science, Public Health, and Democracy - Distinguished University Professor Lawrence O. Gostin 30.07.2026 31минIn the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, science and public health are under sustained attack. Mis- and disinformation about health is rampant in social media and beyond, amplified by artificial intelligence. Populist governments in the United States and elsewhere perpetuate false health information, fueling anti-science beliefs ranging from vaccines and water fluoridation to raw milk. The United States has withdrawn from the World Health Organization, while drastically slashing funding for scientific research, global health, and foreign assistance. President Trump withdrew from negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and refused to adopt amendments to the International Health Regulations. All this tears at the fabric of global solidarity and justice. The impacts have been far reaching in areas ranging from HIV/AIDS and pathogen surveillance, through to childhood vaccines and the polio eradication campaign. WHO has slashed its own staff amidst savage budget cuts. GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance is facing major funding shortfalls. When truth is debatable and science is undermined, democracy is weakened. These same populist impulses have seen withering attacks not only on public health, but also freedom of the press, academic institutions, and free and fair elections. Robust institutions like the US CDC, FDA, and NIH are beginning to crack, with little check on the executive branch. While many countries look on in horror, they too may be just an election away from a populist movement taking political control. In this troubling era, it is vital to stand up for science, public health, and democracy itself. In this lecture, I will explain why the scientific method is misunderstood and why it is a singularly important way to advance human health and democratic values. I will explain why advancing the right to health is necessary for human flourishing and civic virtue. Liberal democracies are moving rapidly toward rigid individual autonomy and national sovereignty. Instead of asking, “what does government and society owe me as a rights bearing individual and my nation as a sovereign”, we need to ask another question. We need to ask what duties we owe to one another to ensure public health and wellbeing. What can I do for my family, my neighbors, my community and my world. A world built on equity and justice, and on global solidarity based on democratic values is a future worth fighting for. Perhaps another way to say all this is we must reject selfishness, indecency, and dishonesty, and embrace mutual obligations, compassion, and love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
ACHLR 14th Public Oration - Professor Kenneth Chambaere 09.04.2026 44минThe Past, Present and Future of Assisted Dying: A Long-Term Evolutionary Lens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
When Algorithms Write the Record – AI Scribes and the legal obligations of doctors (Dr Owen Bradfield) 29.03.2026 55минLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Voluntary Assisted Dying First Conversations: A practical discussion for GPs 19.03.2026 26минIn this podcast, Penny Neller from the Australian Centre for Health Law Research's End of Life Law for Clinicians training program is joined by GP Dr Sara Townend and Dr Madeleine Archer (PhD) to discuss first conversations about voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in practice. They provide practical and legal insights for doctors about navigating VAD conversations with patients, legal rights and obligations under State and Territory VAD laws, conscientious objection, and more. This podcast is based on their 2025 Australian Journal of General Practice article First conversations about voluntary assisted dying in general practice. For more information on Australia's voluntary assisted dying laws visit End of Life Law in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Predation of Doctors by Doctors: Harassment and Sexual Assault in the Workplace 10.12.2025 42минLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
ACHLR 13th Public Oration - Professor Tracie O. Afifi 24.11.2025 49минChild Maltreatment in Canada: What we know and how we can do better Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Right to Access Health Services - Scott McDougall 01.09.2025 52минQueensland Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Scott McDougall discussed how the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) is influencing the provision of health care in Queensland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Right About Time: A New Convention on the Human Rights of Older Persons 16.06.2025 32минACHLR public lecture on 29 May 2025 with Bill Mitchell OAM HonLLD presenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
ACHLR 12th Public Oration - Professor John Coggon 24.11.2024 49минLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
ACHLR and HEAL webinar - Prof Dominique Martin 24.07.2024 49минProfessor Dominique E. Martin will discuss the ethical and legal implications of “family vetoes” in the case of deceased registered organ donors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in Ethical Procreating in a Time of Climate Change 11.02.2024 36минIn the first episode of 2024, Sinead talks with PhD candidate Craig Stanbury from Monash Bioethics Centre on his research about the ethics of procreating in a time of climate change. Craig talks about the role of justice in moral tragedies, the rights, responsibilities, and duties of people in their reproductive choices, and how all of us can have important conversations about our roles in mitigating climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
ACHLR 11th Public Oration - Professor Emily Jackson 17.12.2023 42минIn 2023 ACHLR is proud to deliver its 11th Oration presented by Professor Emily Jackson who will discuss Regulating Reproduction. This lecture will revisit some of the themes of Professor Jackson’s 2001 book Regulating Reproduction: Law, Technology and Autonomy, in which she argued that women’s reproductive autonomy should be better protected by the law; has there been progress over the last 22 years; or has there sometimes been one step forwards and two steps backwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in VAD - Epilogue 28.11.2023 3минEpilogue the Learn Me Right in Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) mini-series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right with Justice Michael Kirby 27.11.2023 34минRuthie and Sinead are delighted to release a special podcast with the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby who discusses his role in the World Health Organisation’s response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Australia, as well as unique features of the Australian response that enabled the nation to quickly and effectively curtail a public health emergency that was disproportionately affecting vulnerable people. Michael also discusses the importance of individuals to make change in health law, specifically the importance of joining movements and organisations and of simply being kind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in VAD: Training for clinicians (Penny Neller and Dr Rachel Feeney) 16.11.2023 17минProject Manager Penny Neller and Dr. Rachel Feeney explain the importance and success of End-of-Life Law training for clinicians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in VAD: How patients and families influence change (Ruthie Jeanneret) 15.11.2023 15минDoctoral Candidate Ruthie Jeanneret, our very own podcast host, discusses the role of patients and families in influencing VAD regulation, drawing on insights from interviews with patients and families in Victoria and Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in VAD: Doctors’ perspectives on involvement in VAD (Dr Laura Ley Greaves) 14.11.2023 13минDr. Laura Ley Greaves, a medical practitioner, discusses the importance of considering doctors’ perspectives of providing VAD in Australia, including the emotional impacts of being involved as a VAD provider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in VAD: Lessons from Belgium (Madeleine Archer) 13.11.2023 18минDoctoral Candidate Madeleine Archer provides an overview the assisted dying model in Belgium and some similarities and differences with the Australian approach, and highlights some insights and lessons for Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in VAD: Institutional objection (Dr Eliana Close) 12.11.2023 19минDr. Eliana Close discusses institutional objections to VAD in Canadian and Australian VAD systems, and how this impacts patients seeking access to VAD, and providing practitioners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices -
Learn Me Right in VAD: The Commonwealth Criminal Code and telehealth (Dr Katrine Del Villar) 09.11.2023 13минDr. Katrine Del Villar explores how the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 prohibition on using a carriage service (i.e., telehealth) to discuss “suicide” and state Voluntary Assisted Dying laws interact to create a unique and difficult problem for Australians accessing VAD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
