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!

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!

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 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!

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...

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....

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

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 theconversation.com/the-social-e... via
@ConversationEDU

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 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...