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Title: Australian Emergency Law – Discussion on the law that applies to or affects Australia's emergency services and emergency management, by Michael Eburn, PhD, Australian Lawyer. Email: [email protected]

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In McLennan v Industrial Relations Secretary o/b NSW State Emergency Service [2025] NSWIRComm 1105, Commissioner Howell sitting as the Industrial Relations Commission confirmed the decision of the NSW to dismiss Mr McLennan, then Deputy Zone Commander, North-Eastern Zone, due to...

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Today’s correspondent says:

I was recently told by a NSW SES staff member that permission to enter a rented property can only be given by the landlord or managing real estate agent, and that the tenant cannot give permission to enter.

However, as I understand tenancy laws stat...

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The case of Music v State of New South Wales [2025] NSWDC 487 (26 November 2025) received media attention, no doubt in part because there was video that television stations could show – see for example ‘ href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/nsw-sydney-tasered-dog-court...

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Today’s correspondent asks if I:

… can shed some light on a matter regarding PSIVOs [Personal Safety Intervention Orders] in VIC. If a CFA member obtains an interim order against another member of their brigade for alleged bullying, what is the appropriate course of action for CFA to take?

The relevant Act is the href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bi...

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I received this question from a NSW Paramedic:

In my local area, we have a frequent caller who is known to secretly record paramedics’ interactions with themselves. This patient will call multiple times in a shift and receive a high category response. They will be hostile and non-engaging with paramedics who attend and often refuse transport to hospital, only to ca...

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