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Doctors uneasy about aid rule

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Medical Association of Western Australia believes that excessive demands are made by doctors who are under a legal obligation to provide first aid to injured people. In November 2013, a radiologist was found guilty of improper conduct when she failed to stop to provide assistance to a person who was injured in a car accident. She drove to the nearest police station to report the accident. She argued, unsuccessfully, that she did not feel safe to stop at night in an unsafe area

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AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

Road contract invalid if councils win court case

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Original article by Henrietta Cook
The Age – Page: 5 : 11-Sep-14

The Moreland and Yarra councils have launched legal action against Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy. The councils want the Supreme Court to review his approval of the East West Link. The Australian Labor Party claims that if the court rules that the approval is invalid, any contract signed by the State Government will be deemed to be "unenforceable"

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MORELAND CITY COUNCIL, YARRA CITY COUNCIL, VICTORIA. DEPT OF TRANSPORT, PLANNING AND LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

$1m compo spurs rise in stress inquiry

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Original article by Benjamin Preiss, Jane Lee
The Age – Page: 2 : 10-Sep-14

Melbourne lawyer Michael Magazanik says the recent compensation payout to a former Werribee Secondary College teacher has prompted other past teachers at the school to approach him. Peter Doulis was awarded more than $A1m after being subjected to protracted bullying and abuse by his students. Employment law expert Tim Donaghey says the judgment may allow other employees in stressful jobs to take similar action, particularly if workplace bullying is involved

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WERRIBEE SECONDARY COLLEGE, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, VICTORIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Triple murder charges a possibility

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Original article by Emma Partridge
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 8 : 10-Sep-14

New South Wales police and legal experts warn that the person responsible for a fatal fire in the Sydney suburb of Rozelle could be jailed for murder. An accelerant was used to start the blaze on 4 September 2014, which claimed the lives of three people in a unit above the shop where the fire was started. Dr David Hamer of the University of Sydney says that the arsonist could be charged with murder even if they did not intend to kill anyone

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UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL, NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE

Death driver guilty of fourth police chase

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Original article by Tim Clarke
The West Australian – Page: 4 : 9-Sep-14

Lindsay Nigel Calyun appeared in the Magistrates Court of Western Australia on 8 September 2014, where he pleaded guilty to reckless driving offences. The court was told that Calyun had tried to evade police at speeds of up to 120km/h in November 2013. He has previously been convicted three times over police pursuits, and served an eight-year jail term in 2000 after killing two people while driving a stolen car

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MAGISTRATES COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Killer nurse’s CV not checked: inquest

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Original article by Paul Bibby
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 9 : 9-Sep-14

New South Wales Deputy Coroner Hugh Dillon has begun the inquest into the deaths of 11 nursing home patients in late 2011, killed in a fire set by nurse Roger Dean. The Coroner’s Court has been told that the drug addict supplied just two references, one by his lover at the time, and that managers at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home checked neither. He was then put in charge of the night shift and had ready access to opioid painkillers. No reports were made to any disciplinary or registered body either about previous misconduct by Dean at St John of God Hospital and St George Hospital

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CORONER’S COURT (NEW SOUTH WALES), QUAKERS HILL NURSING HOME PTY LTD, ST GEORGE HOSPITAL, ST JOHN OF GOD HEALTH CARE INCORPORATED, MAMUSKA THE CHEESECAKE SHOP

Detectives investigate second murder case

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Original article by Tayissa Barone, Liam Croy
The West Australian – Page: 13 : 8-Sep-14

Western Australian police are investigating the suspicious deaths of two people at a home in the Perth suburb of Yokine. The bodies of a man and a woman were found at the property on 7 September 2014. Meanwhile, 23-year-old Jason Stefanski has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his 68-year-old neighbour in Woodvale on the previous day

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLICE SERVICE

Give our girl cannabis

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 32 : 5-Sep-14

Western Australian Health Minister Kim Hames opposes the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Shellie Martin wants to give her epileptic daughter the banned drug to control her seizures. Martin notes that about 7,000 of the 24,000 epilepsy sufferers in the state experience uncontrollable seizures. Opposition Leader Mark McGowan favours the use of cannabis by people with chronic or terminal medical conditions

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL

Concern over alternative breast screen treatments

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Original article by Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 15 : 4-Sep-14

A new study published in the "Medical Journal of Australia", by Adelaide University researcher Linda Mundy and others, warns of women being misled by unscientific breast cancer screening services. They use methods such as digital infrared thermal imaging, electrical impedance scanning or electronic palpation imaging that are not backed by evidence. The Cancer Council Australia notes that two such providers in Perth have been cited in a Federal Court action brought by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, with penalties still to be handed down

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CANCER COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

Hit fixed-lines only: Telstra

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 19 : 4-Sep-14

Telstra has lodged its submission to the Australian Government’s review of copyright infringement laws. The group argues that new requirements to warn off subscribers if they are caught illegally downloading content should apply to fixed-line services only, not to mobile ones. It also wants an exemption for business customers, claiming this will reduce the complexity of the new measures. Telstra seeks indemnity against any legal action by rights holders, and a contribution by them to the cost of the new scheme

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS