Fields of Research

Public law
Medical and health law
Other law and legal studies
Family law
Labour law
Bioethics
Health services and systems
Law and society and socio-legal research
Criminal law
International humanitarian and human rights law
Privacy and data rights
Medical ethics
Preventative health care
Ethical use of new technology
Health counselling
Genomics
Human rights and justice issues (excl. law)
Public health nutrition
Genetics
Health policy
Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation
Law, science and technology
Law in context
Food sustainability
Law reform
Access to justice
Research, science and technology policy
Oncology and carcinogenesis
Professional ethics
Social psychology
Social policy
Applied ethics
Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems)
Property law (excl. intellectual property law)
Intellectual property law
Australian history
Public policy
Comparative law
Commercial law
Administrative law

Research Objectives

Justice and the law
Law reform
Expanding knowledge in human society
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Other health
Bioethics
Expanding knowledge in law and legal studies
Clinical health
Design
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Environmental ethics
Evaluation of health and support services
Health status (incl. wellbeing)
Law enforcement
Legislation, civil and criminal codes
Civil justice
Understanding Australia's past
Other law, politics and community services
Preventive medicine
Social structure and health
Health policy evaluation
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Technological and organisational innovation
Health inequalities
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Technological ethics

Career Best Publications

An exploration of the legal and socio-ethical implications of predictive genetic testing of children; Australian Journal of Family Law
Employers' Use of Genetic Test Information: Is There a Need for Regulation?; Australian Journal of Labour Law
Exploring the Concept of Genetic Discrimination; Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Resolving the Conundrum: Should Insurers be Entitled to Access to Genetic Test Information; Insurance Law Journal
The Effectiveness of Legal Control of Euthanasia Lessons from Comparative Law; Regulating Physician-Negotiated Death
Use of Genetic Test Information in Life Insurance: An Evaluation of Different Regulatory Models; Journal of International Biotechnology Law
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Common Law; Oxford University Press

Research Publications

'Re Evelyn': The Family Court's Foray into the Complex World of Surrogacy Arrangement; Australian family law - family law news
A review of the ACCC's decision on the IFSA genetic testing policy
A Review of the ACCC's decision on the IFSA genetic testing policy; Australian Health Law Bulletin
A review of the key issues associated with the commercialisation of biobanks; Journal of Law and the Biosciences
A right to die? Euthanasia and the law in Australia; Journal of Law and Medicine
A scenario-based methodology for analyzing the ethical, legal, and social issues in genomic data sharing; Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
A step forward, but still inadequate: Australian health professionals’ views on the genetics and life insurance moratorium; Journal of Medical Genetics
AB v Attorney-General (Vic); Journal of Law and Medicine
ALRC Report, Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia: Implications for Regulation of Parentage Testing; Australian Journal of Family Law
ALRC/AHEC Report on the Protection of Genetic Information in Australia: Implications for the Employment Sector; Australian Journal of Labour Law
An exploration of the legal and socio-ethical implications of predictive genetic testing of children; Australian Journal of Family Law
An overview of the NHMRC's medical genetic testing information paper for health professionals; Australian Health Law Bulletin
Anti-selection & genetic testing in insurance: an interdisciplinary perspective; Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Appeal Against Costs Judgment: Dickson v Dickson (No 2); Current Family Law
Application for Revocation and Substitution Authorisation Nos A30200 and A30201 lodged by the Investment and Financial Services Association
Application for Revocation and Substitution lodged by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) in relation to clauses 10.1 and 10.3 of its Genetic Testing Policy - Draft Determination
Aspen v Selby; Current Family Law
Assisted Dying and Legal Change; Medical Law Review
Association's Ban on HIV Positive Player Ruled Discriminatory; Australian Health Law Bulletin
Attitudes of the general public towards the disclosure of individual research results and incidental findings from biobank genomic research in Australia; Internal Medicine Journal
Australia: regulating genomic data sharing to promote public trust; Human Genetics
Australian Developments With Regard To Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Therapeutic Human Cloning; Journal of International Biotechnology Law
Australian Empirical Study into Genetic Discrimination; Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics
Australian empirical study into genetic discrimination; Genetics in Medicine
Australian perspectives on the ethical and regulatory considerations for responsible data sharing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; Journal of Law and Medicine
Australian reforms enabling disclosure of genetic information to genetic relatives by health practitioners; Journal of Law and Medicine
Avoiding genetic discrimination in insurance: An exploration of the legality and ethics of precautionary measures in anticipation of unfavourable test outcomes; Monash Bioethics Review
Biobanks
Biobanks Information Paper 2010; Journal of Law and Information Science
Blanch v Blanch; Current Family Law
Book Review - 'Angels of Death: Exploring the Euthanasia Underground'; Journal of Medical Ethics
Brown v George; Current Family Law
BvM; Current Family Law
CDJ v VAJ; Current Family Law
Community Engagement for Big Epidemiology: Deliberative Democracy as a Tool; Journal of Personalized Medicine
Consent Orders Set Aside in Circumstances where Parties Reconciled After Orders Implemented; Current Family Law
Consent, Commercialisation and Benefit-sharing; Journal of Law and Medicine
Consumer Experiences and Predictive Genetic Testing; Human Biotechnology & Public Trust: Trends, Perceptions and Regulation
Consumer Experiences and Predictive Genetic Testing; Human Biotechnology & Public Trust
Cooke v Stehbens; Current Family Law
Creating a Facilitative Environment for Genetic Research: The Central Role of Public Trust; Brave New World of Health
Crown v Yarnold; Current Family Law
CSN v JBN; Current Family Law
Current Research: Project on the Legal and Ethical Aspects of Genetic Research in Australia; Journal of Law and Medicine
D v C; Current Family Law
Dacia v Bennington; Current Family Law
De Facto and Other Significant Relationships: Possible Tasmanian Direction for Reform; Australian Family Lawyer
De Facto Property Proceedings in Australia; Australian Journal of Family Law
De Facto Relationships - Joint Endeavour Principle - Claim for Compensation for Increment in Wealth of One Party Accruing During the Relationship; Current Family Law
Developing an appropriate consent model for biobanks in a globalized environment: The case in support of 'broad' consent; GeneBanc International Conference
Developing an appropriate consent model for biobanks: In defence of 'broad' consent'; Governing Biobanks - What are the challenges? 2008 International Conference
Developing an appropriate consent model for biobanks: in defence of 'broad' consent; Principles and Practice in Biobank Governance
Dickson v Dickson; Current Family Law
Disclosing genetic information to at-risk relatives: new Australian privacy principles, but uniformity still elusive; Medical Journal of Australia
Disclosing genetic information to family members without consent in Australia; Privacy Law Bulletin
Disclosing genetic information to family members without consent: five Australian case studies; European Journal of Medical Genetics
Disclosure of genetic information to at-risk relatives: recent amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth); The Medical Journal of Australia
Disclosure of individual research results and incidental findings in biobank research: Why we need an evidence-based approach; Journal of Law and Medicine
Disputed Paternity - Onus of Proof - Whether Mother Obliged to call Evidence to Disprove Paternity of Other People with Whom she had Intercourse; Current Family Law
Don Chalmers: His contributions to legal research and education, health law, and research ethics, locally and globally; Journal of Law and Medicine
Donnell v Dovey; Family Law Review
Donor Perspectives on Issues Associated with Donation of Genetic Samples and Information: An Australian Viewpoint; Journal of bioethical inquiry
Donor Perspectives on Issues Associated with Donation of Samples and Information; The Australian Health & Medical Research Congress
Draft Medical History Underwriting Guidelines and Industry Standard
Ejee and Ejee; Current Family Law
Emerging legal issues in relation to the use of genetic testing: An examination of the phenomenon of genetic discrimination
Employers' Use of Genetic Test Information: Is There a Need for Regulation?; Australian Journal of Labour Law
Employment Sector By-Passed by the Privacy Amendments; Australian Journal of Labour Law
Essentially Ours: Assessing the Regulation of the Collection and Use of Health-related Genomic Information; University of Tasmania
Essentially Yours: an overview of the ALRC/AHEC Report on the Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia; Australian Health Law Bulletin
Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia; Gene Watch
Establishing the International Genetic Discrimination Observatory; Nature Genetics
Establishing the offense of non-consensual genetic testing in Australia: a call for action; Journal of Law and Medicine
Ethical and legal issues and the 'new genetics'; The Medical Journal of Australia
Ethical considerations for the return of incidental findings in ophthalmic genomic research; Translational Vision Science and Technology
Ethical Considerations in Genetic Research Involving Commercial Use of Human Tissue; Regulating Human Genetics
Ethical issues arising in the use of genomics in cancer; Cancer Forum
Euthanasia; Alternative Law Journal
Euthanasia
Euthanasia Workshop: Overview of Discussion; Community Care: Meeting the Challenges
Euthanasia, Death with Dignity and the Law; Medical Law Review
Evaluating Competing Models for the Protection of Genetic Information: Property, Privacy and Anti-discrimination Approaches; Joint Australian Bioethics Association 10th Conference and Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics 9th Conference
Examining Legal and Ethical Implications of Genetics in Australia; Australian Health Law Bulletin
Exploration of key themes in the policy debate on genetic research and genetic databanks; Human Biotechnology and Public Trust: Taking stock in 2006 - trends, perceptions and regulation
Exploration of Key Themes in the Policy Debate on Genetic Research and Genetic Databanks; Centre for Law and Australian Centre for Emerging Technologies and Society Symposium
Exploration of Key Themes in the Policy Debate on Genetic Research and Genetic Databanks; Human Biotechnology & Public Trust: Trends, Perceptions and Regulation
Exploring the Concept of Genetic Discrimination; Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Family Law in Australia; Butterworths
Federal Court Rules Victoria's Infertility Treatment Act 1995 Discriminatory; Australian Health Law Bulletin
FJB v RNB; Current Family Law
Forbes v Bream; Current Family Law
Framework for Fairness: Proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain Consultation'
Genetic discrimination and familial cancer: A report from the Genetic Discrimination Project
Genetic Discrimination and the Limits of the Law; Third Menzies Scholars Symposium
Genetic discrimination by Australian insurance companies: a survey of consumer experiences; European Journal of Human Genetics
Genetic Discrimination in Australia: an exploration of the nature and extent of the phenomenon within the legal and social context
Genetic Discrimination in Australia: Reporting on an Inter-Disciplinary Empirical Investigation; XX International Congress of Genetics
Genetic Discrimination in Australia: The Consumer Experience; 11th International Congress of Human Genetics
Genetic Discrimination in Australia: Third Party Perspectives; 11th International Congress of Human Genetics
Genetic Discrimination Project; British Sociological Association's Medical Sociology Study Group Annual Conference 2003
Genetic Discrimination Project: Overview of a Major Australian Empirical Research Initiative; The 15th World Congress on Medical Law
Genetic Discrimination: Meeting the Challenges of an Emerging Issue; The University of New South Wales Law Journal
Genetic Discrimination: Meeting the Challenges of an Emerging Issue; UNSW Law Journal - Forum, Genetics and the Law
Genetic discrimination: Too few data; European Journal of Human Genetics
Genetic discrimination: international perspectives; Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
Genetic Information in the Workplace; Today's Life Science
Genetic privacy; Tensions and Traumas in Health Law
Genetic Privacy and Discrimination in Australia; 7th World Congress of Bioethics
Genetic Privacy, discrimination and insurance; Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law
Genetic testing and insurance in Australia; Australian Journal of General Practice
Genetic Testing and Insurance: The Case for Regulation; AGENDA
Genetic testing and protection of genetic privacy: A comparative legal analysis in Europe and Australia; Genomics and Bioethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Technologies and Advancements
Genetic Testing of Children; Reform
Genetic Testing of Children: Implications for Insurance
Genetic Testing of Children: Implications for Insurance; Centre for Law and Genetics
Genetics and insurance in Australia: concerns around a self-regulated industry; Public Health Genomics
Genetics and Privacy; Privacy Conference
Genetics, insurance and professional practice: Survey of the Australasian clinical genetics workforce; Frontiers in Public Health
Getting the Law Right on Physician-Assisted Death; Amsterdam Law Forum
Getting the law right on physician-assisted dying; The World Federation of Right to Die Socieities Biennial Global Conference
GWW v CMW; Journal of Law and Medicine
Hallinan v Witynski; Current Family Law
Has the biobank bubble burst? Withstanding the challenges for sustainable biobanking in the digital era; BMC Medical Ethics
Health professionals' views and experiences of the Australian moratorium on genetic testing and life insurance: a qualitative study; European Journal of Human Genetics
Health Research and COVID-19; Pandemics, Public Health Emergencies and Government Powers
Hepburn v Noble; Family Law Review
House of Lords directs DPP to clarify assisted suicide law; Australian Health Law Bulletin
How are genetic test results being used by Australian life insurers?; European Journal of Human Genetics
HR and DR v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Current Family Law
Human genetic databanks in Australia: indications of inconsistency and confusion; New Genetics and Society
IFSA's application for revocation and substitution (A90986 & A90989)
Implications of Genetic Testing for Australian Employment Law and Practice; University of Tasmania
Implications of Genetic Testing for Australian Insurance Law and Practice; University of Tasmania
Industrial Law: Tasmania: Comity Provisions
Industrial Law: Tasmania: Dismissal and Redundancy
Industrial Law: Tasmania: Employer and Employee Organisations and Associations
Industrial Law: Tasmania: Industrial Disputes and Actions
Industrial Law: Tasmania: Institutional Framework
Industrial Law: Tasmania: Introduction
Industrial Law: Tasmania: Investigations, Enforcement, Offences and Penalties
Industrial Law: Tasmania: The Employment Relationship
Industrial Relations Amendment Act 1994 (Tas); Australian Industrial Digest
Inquiry into the Dying with Dignity Bill
Inquiry Underway in Australia on the Protection of Human Genetic Information; Australian Health Law Bulletin
Inquiry Underway in Australia on the Protection of Human Genetic Information; Genetics Law Monitor
Insurers' Use of Genetic Information; Today's Life Science
Investigating genetic discrimination in Australia: opportunities and challenges in the early stages; New Genetics and Society
Investigating Genetic Discrimination in Australia: Perceptions and Experiences of Clinical Genetics Service Clients Regarding Coercion to Test, Insurance and Employment; Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society
Investigating genetic discrimination in Australia: a large-scale survey of clinical genetics clients; Clinical Genetics
Investigating Genetic Discrimination in Australia: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities; XIX International Congress of Genetics
Investigating genetic discrimination in the Australian life insurance sector: The use of genetic test results in underwriting, 1999-2003; Journal of Law and Medicine
Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) applications for revocation and substitution of authorisations - draft determination
Is There Scope for Lawful Genetic Discrimination in Health Insurance in Australia?; Journal of Law and Medicine
Issues of Procedural Fairness Arising in Relation to the Determination of the Asset pool in Property Proceedings - Trial Judge's Referral of Decision to Taxation Commissioner for Investigation of possible 'Tax Fraud'; Current Family Law
It's Just Not Fair
Ivanovic v Ivanovic: Child Support - Application to vary a Lump Sum Order brought in Conjunction with an Application under s.85 of the Family Law Act to set aside a transaction in defeat of claim; Current Family Law
Johnson v Johnson: Application of Disqualification for Bias - Whether Trial Judge's Statement about Evidence to be Relied Upon gave rise to a reasonable Apprehension of Bias; Current Family Law
KB v TC; Current Family Law
Keaton v Aldridge; Current Family Law
Key challenges in bringing CRISPR-mediated somatic cell therapy into the clinic; Genome Medicine
Key Themes in the Policy Debate on Human Genetic Research and Genetic Databanks: An Evaluation; Journal of International Biotechnology Law
Knowing Your Genes; Australian Social Attitudes: The First Report
Knowing your genes - freedom, burden or power? Australian views on uses of genetic test results and implications for public policy; HGSA 2005
Legal and Ethical Context of Next Generation Sequencing; Royal College of Pathologists of Australiasia Pathology Update 2012
Legal and ethical implications of human genetic research: Australian perspectives; Law and the Human Genome Review
Legal and Ethical Issues in Palliative Care; Monash Bioethics Review
Legal Aspects of the Human Genome Project; Australasian Law Teachers' Association Conference. Proceedings of the 49th Conference
Legislative developments in Australia with regard to regulation of research involving human embryos and human cloning: implications for embryonic stem cell research; Australian Health Law Bulletin
Life insurance and genetic test results: a mutation carrier's fight to achieve full cover; Medical Journal of Australia
lifepool: A collaboration between Women and Researchers; Biopreservation and Biobanking
LK v Director-General, Department of Community Services; Current Family Law
Major Study Commencing into Genetic Discrimination in Australia; Journal of Law and Medicine
McGillivray v Mitchell; Current Family Law
Methodological Considerations in the Study of Genetic Discrimination; Community Genetics
Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane; Current Family Law
Monitoring the genetic testing and life insurance moratorium in Australia: a national research project; Medical Journal of Australia
New avenues within community engagement: addressing the ingenuity gap in our approach to health research and future provision of health care; Journal of Responsible Innovation
NHMRC Biobanks Information Paper; 7th Annual Australasian Biospecimen Network Meeting
NHMRC targeted consultation: draft genetic privacy guidelines s95AA
Non-Consensual Genetic Testing
NSW Supreme Court Approves Adoption of Child Born Under Surrogacy Arrangement W: Re Adoption; Current Family Law
OS v PS; Current Family Law
P v S (No 2); Current Family Law
Page v Glover; Current Family Law
Perceptions and Experiences of Benefit Disadvantage and Negative Treatment Associated with Genetic Information in an Australian Sample of Clinical Genetic Service Clients ; HGSA 2005: Genetics in the Hunter
Perceptions and Experiences of Benefit, Disadvantage and Negative Treatment in a Sample of Australian Adults Presenting at Clinical Genetic Services Regarding Familial Cancer; Familial Cancer 2005 Research & Practice
Perceptions and Experiences of Benefit, Disadvantage, and Negative Treatment in a Sample of Australian Adults presenting at Clinical Genetic Services regarding predictive testing for Huntington's Disease; World Congress on Huntington's Disease
Personalised medicine in the genome era; Journal of Law and Medicine
Physician-assisted death: dying with dignity?; The Lancet Neurology
Practices and Attitudes of Australian Employers in Relation to the Use of Genetic Information: Report on a National Study; Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
Precision medicine: drowning in a regulatory soup?; Journal of Law and the Biosciences
Predicting intention to biobank: a national survey; European Journal of Public Health
Prevalence of food insecurity and satisfaction with on-campus food choices among Australian university students; International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
Privacy and Discrimination Issues in Human Genetics; Medical Indemnity Conference
Privacy Issues in Relation to Human Genetic Information; AIHLE's 6th Annual Conference
Pro Helvetia; Lithuanian Papers
Protecting Genetic Privacy in the Research Context: Where to From Here; Macquarie Law Journal
Protecting Genetic Privacy:An Overview; Regulating the New Frontiers: Legal Issues in Bioetechnology
Protecting Human Genetic Information in Australia: Processes and Outcomes for Public Consultation; Genomics and Society: towards a socially robust science?
Public interest determinations and the NPPs: collection of family medical history; Privacy Law Bulletin
Public reaction to direct-to-consumer online genetic tests: Comparing attitudes, trust and intentions across commercial and conventional providers; Public Understanding of Science
Public trust and global biobank networks; BMC Medical Ethics
R v C; Current Family Law
Re Alex: Hormonal Treatment for Gender Identity Dysphoria; Current Family Law
Re AM; Current Family Law
Re An Application Pursuant to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 (ACT); Journal of Law and Medicine
Re B (Alleged Apprehension of Bias); Current Family Law
Re Evelyn - Reflections on Australia's First Litigated Surrogacy Case; Medical Law Review
Re Susan; Current Family Law
Recent cases: Baker v Landon; Family Law Review
Recent cases: Price v Underwood; Family Law Review
Recent cases: Simpson v Brockmann; Family Law Review
Reflections on the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 1999 (Tas) and Obstacles to Industrial Reform in Tasmania; Australian Journal of Labour Law
Regulating Physician-Negotiated Death; Regulating Physician-Negotiated Death
Regulation of Employers' Use of Genetic Test Information; AIHLE: Boundary Disputes: Ethics, Law and Regulation (The Limits of the Law)
Regulation of Genetic Technologies; Health in Law Australia
Regulation of Genetic Testing; Health Law in Australia
Regulation of non-consensual genetic testing in Australia: use of samples from deceased persons; Journal of Law and Medicine
Research Ethics Recommendations for Whole-Genome Research: Consensus Statement; PLoSBiology
Research, Health and Public Trust; Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Health, Governance, Law and Ethics
Residence - application to vary existing orders - whether test in Rice v Asplund applied and, if so, whether it was satisfied on the facts; Current Family Law
Resolving the Conundrum: Should Insurers be Entitled to Access to Genetic Test Information; Insurance Law Journal
Review Article: Lisa Parker and Rachel Ankeny (eds), Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine and Society
Review of Privacy in Response to Discussion Paper 72
Review of Privacy in Response to Issue Paper 31
Review of the ACCC's decision on the IFSA genetic testing policy; Australian Insurance Law Bulletin
Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Richardson v Hough; Current Family Law
Robson v Robson; Current Family Law
Sankil v Sankil; Current Family Law
Scaremongering or Duty of Care? A legal perspective on the responsibilities of genetic clinicians and counsellors with regard to the issue of genetic discrimination; XIX International Congress of Genetics
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conversion Practices
Should Australia ban the use of genetic test results in life insurance?; Frontiers in Public Health
Status of a Child Support Agreement Under the Child Support (Assessment) Act - Whether an 'Order for the Purpose of s.112AD of the Family Law Act 1989 (Cth); Current Family Law
Strategies to guide the return of genomic research findings: an Australian perspective; Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Study protocol: the Australian genetics and life insurance moratorium - monitoring the effectiveness and response (A-GLIMMER) project; BMC Medical Ethics
Submission on Draft Section 95AA Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
Submission on the Draft Revision: Guidelines for Providers of Insurance and Superannuation
Submission on the Inquiry into the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
Submission on the Review of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans: First Consultation Draft
Submission on the Review of the Tasmanian Human Genetic Research Regulation Act 2003 and the Human Cloning and other Prohibited Practices Act 2003 Issues Paper
Submission on VLRC Workplace Privacy Issues Paper
Submission to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council on the National Health Privacy Code (Draft) Consultation Paper
Submission to the Inquiry into the Protection of Human Genetic Information
Submission to the Inquiry into the Protection of Human Genetic Information
Submission to the Inquiry into the Protection of Human Genetic Information Issues Paper
Submission to the OECD on the Draft Guidelines for Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases
Submission: Review of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research - Second Consultation
Tackling genetic discrimination: taking a look at GINA in the context of other reform developments; Roche Institute Current Comments
Tackling legal challenges posed by human genetic research databases: a focus on consent requirements; Public Policy and the Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases Symposium
Tackling legal challenges posed by population biobanks: reconceptualising consent requirements; Medical Law Review
Tasmanian Inquiry Rejects Legalisation of Voluntary Euthanasia; Australian Health Law Bulletin
The Adult Guardian and the Mother's Parents and B and the Child Representative; Current Family Law
The Australian moratorium on genetics and life insurance: evaluating policy compared to Parliamentary recommendations regarding genetic discrimination; Public Health Research & Practice
The baby Evelyn surrogacy dispute escalates; Australian family law - family law news
The Effectiveness of Legal Control of Euthanasia Lessons from Comparative Law; Regulating Physician-Negotiated Death
The Family Law Reform Act 1995 (Cth): An Overview of the Recent Child Reforms; 1998 National Biennial Conference of the National Association of the TAFE Child Studies Teachers
The Genetic Discrimination Observatory: confronting novel issues in genetic discrimination; Trends in Genetics
The Genetic Discrimination Project: Benefit, Disadvantage and Negative Treatment Associated with Genetic Information in an Australian Sample of Clinical Genetic Service Clients - Australian and International Implications; The Human Society of Human Genetics - Annual Meeting
The impact of commercialisation and genetic data sharing arrangements on public trust and the intention to participate in biobank research; Public Health Genomics
The importance of zygosity knowledge for twins, parents and professionals; International Journal of Birth and Parent Education
The Law of Surrogacy in Australia and Some of the Issues Arising out of Re Evelyn; Current Family Law
The Lockhart Report on Human Cloning and the Regulation of Research Involving Human Embryos: An Overview ; Health Law Bulletin
The Many-Sided Triangle: Adoption in Australia by Audrey Marshall and Margaret McDonald; Australian Journal of Family Law
The Nancy Crick Case
The Nancy Crick Case; Monash Bioethics Review
The NHMRC Biobanks Information Paper (2010): an overview; Australian Health Law Bulletin
The perceived importance and intended purchasing patterns of sustainable foods in Australian university students; Sustainability
The Regulatory Framework for Protection of Genetic Privacy in Australia; Genetic Privacy: An Evaluation of the Ethical and Legal Landscape
The Use of Legal Remedies in Australia for Pursuing Allegations of Genetic Discrimination: Findings of an Empirical Study; International Journal of Discrimination and the Law
To know or not to know: an update of the literature on the psychological and behavioral impact of genetic testing for Alzheimer disease risk; Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers
To share or not to share is the question; Applied and Translational Genomics
Tyagi v Meares (SSAT Appeal); Current Family Law
Update on ACCC's decision on the IFSA Genetic Testing Policy; Australian Insurance Law Bulletin
Use and Disclosure of Genetic Information to a Patient's Genetic Relatives Under s 95AA of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) - Guidelines for Health Practitioners in the Private Sector
Use and Misuse of Genetic Test Information: Should there be Restrictions on Insurer's Access?; 6th Annual Conference: What is this Thing Called Bioethics
Use and Misuse of Genetic Test Information: Should There Be Restrictions On Insurers' Access?; What is This Thing Called Bioethics?
Use of Genetic Test Information in Life Insurance: An Evaluation of Different Regulatory Models; Journal of International Biotechnology Law
Verification of Consumers' Experiences and Perceptions of Genetic Discrimination and its Impact on Utilisation of Genetic Testing; European Human Genetics Conference 2008
Verification of consumers' experiences and perceptions of genetic discrimination and its impact on utilization of genetic testing; Genetics in Medicine
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Common Law; Oxford University Press
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Common Law; Oxford University Press
Webster v Webster; Current Family Law
What is the harm in it anyway?: Re Kevin and the recognition of transsexual marriage; Australian Journal of Family Law
Will our baby win gold?; Will our baby win gold? Melbourne Hypotethical
Z (A Solicitor) v Limousin; Family Law Review
Zhao v Xie; Current Family Law

Research Projects

Developing a Multidisciplinary International Research Network Focussed on Maximizing the Social and Health Benefits to Australia of Human Genetic Technologies; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Ensuring the utility and sustainability of tissue banks: Supporting translational research in Australia through informed regulation and community engagement; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Ethical governance for clinical and genomic data; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Examination of the Application of the Rules of Evidence in Proceedings of Quasi-judicial Tribunals; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Expand the Capacity of an International Multidisciplinary Research Network Focussed on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Emerging Biotechnologies; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Facilitation and Regulation of Research and Development Involving Human Genetic Databanks; Australian Research Council (ARC)
From Discovery to therapy in genetic eye diseases; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Genetic Discrimination in Australia: An Exploration of the Nature and Extent of the Phenomenon Within the Legal and Social Context; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Genomic Data Sharing: Issues in Law, Research Ethics and Society; Australian Research Council (ARC)
gEnomics4newborns: integrating Ethics and Equity with Effectiveness and Economics for genomic newborn screening; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Implementation of Genomics into Queensland healthcare: ethical, legal and social implications and policy challenges ; Queensland Health (QH)
Legal and ethical implications of human genetic research: Australian perspectives; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Legal and Ethical Regulation of the Use and Commercialisation of Human Biological Material; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Legal Standards in the Commercialisation of Human Genetic Technology; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Mercy killing cases in the criminal justice system : an evaluation; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Moratorium on Genetic Testing and Life Insurance: Monitoring the Impact; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Returning raw genomic data: patient autonomy or legal minefield?; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Supplementary Funding; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
The Age of Personalized Medicine: Regulatory Challenges for Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
The Australian Legal History Library: Creating historical depth in legal data on AustLII, to improve all legal research; Australian Research Council (ARC)
An Information Paper on the Management and Governance of Biobanks in Australia
Assessment of Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation and regulations as it applies to the collection and use of health-related genomics information in the clinical and research setting
Drafting of Human Genetic Testing paper

Research Candidate Supervision

A Comparative Analysis of the Medico-legal and Ethical Issues Associated with Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Australia and Malaysia
A Twitch upon a Thread- Regulation of Human Tissue use in Australia and the Application of Property Law
Biobanks and Informed Consent
Circumcision in Australia- Reforming the Law
Cyborg Law- Legal Implications of Human-Machine Integration
Effects and impact of the amendments to the Family Law Act, contained in Family Law Reform Bill (1994), due to be enacted in 1995/6.
Genetically modified foods - the legal and ethical issues.
Interventions in Perinatal Medicine- A Jurisdictional Analysis
Is there a future for same-sex partnerships in Malaysia?
Judicial Meetings with Children in Australian Family Law Proceedings- Hearing Children's Voices
Permanent Care Options for Children in Tasmania
Regulating DTC Genetic Testing in Australia
Regulating work in the public interest - A comparison of Commonwealth, Victorian and British Minimum Wage Regimes (1890-1936)
Regulatory Requirements for Consumer Protection in Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing
Saviour Siblings - How Adequate are the Existing Frameworks?
Strengthening the Rule of Law or Serving as a Tool of War? A Critical Analysis of United Nations Sanctions
Strike or Strike Out- An Analysis of Australian Compliance with International Standards on the Right to Strike
The Legal Injury Narrative- Personal Injury Litigation and Melodrama
The Relevance of Domestic Violence in Proceedings for Financial Relief under the Family Law Act 1975 (CTH)
The Standard of Medical Care in Malaysia- The Case for Legislative Reform