Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Australian Centre for Health Law Research

Education EN ↓ 64 episodes

A series of video seminars and interviews by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research discussing innovative research into current and emerging health law issues in Australia and globally.

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Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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ACHLR 14th Public Oration - Professor Kenneth Chambaere 09.04.2026 44:52

The 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 55:26

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Voluntary Assisted Dying First Conversations: A practical discussion for GPs 19.03.2026 26:22

In 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 oblig...

Predation of Doctors by Doctors: Harassment and Sexual Assault in the Workplace 10.12.2025 42:48

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ACHLR 13th Public Oration - Professor Tracie O. Afifi 24.11.2025 49:03

Child 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 52:08

Queensland 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 32:23

ACHLR 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 49:50

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ACHLR and HEAL webinar - Prof Dominique Martin 24.07.2024 49:37

Professor 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 36:56

In 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 mitigat...

ACHLR 11th Public Oration - Professor Emily Jackson 17.12.2023 42:49

In 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 ye...

Learn Me Right in VAD - Epilogue 28.11.2023 3:19

Epilogue 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 34:41

Ruthie 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. M...

Learn Me Right in VAD: Training for clinicians (Penny Neller and Dr Rachel Feeney) 16.11.2023 17:02

Project 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 15:35

Doctoral 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 13:39

Dr. 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 18:43

Doctoral 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 19:35

Dr. 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 13:50

Dr. 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

Learn Me Right in VAD: VAD across the states (Katherine Waller) 08.11.2023 13:19

Project Manager Katherine Waller provides a comparison of the Australian VAD laws across the states, and highlights the universal requirement for participating practitioners to undertake mandatory training in the law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn Me Right in VAD: Lessons from Victoria and WA, remuneration, and regional access (Casey Haining) 07.11.2023 22:03

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Learn Me Right in VAD: Patients’ experiences of VAD (Professor Ben White) 06.11.2023 19:45

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Learn Me Right in VAD: an overview of VAD in Australia (Professor Lindy Willmott) 06.11.2023 28:01

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Learn Me Right in Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) - Prologue 06.11.2023 3:45

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Learn Me Right in Public Health Palliative Care 30.08.2023 36:48

Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Luc Deliens in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Public Health Palliative Care. Luc makes the point that how we conceptualize palliative care needs to change to better suit the needs of those at the end of life, including through more communitarian-based care structures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices