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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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The heading, above, is my summary of the decision in Maritime and Coastguard Agency v Groom [2026] EWCA Civ 6. This is an English case (EWCA stands for England and Wales Court of Appeal) but the reasoning may be of interest.
Mr Groom was a Coastguard Rescue Officer (CRO). His relationship with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (the MCA...
On 30 June 2026 I presented a webinar on the authorisation of paramedics to use scheduled drugs. I discussed the legislation and the general scheme in the states and territories. I was asked ‘what about the Commonwealth – eg paramedics working for DFAT or defence?’ I promised to take that question ‘on notice’, so here is my answer.
The Australian Defence ForceTh...
R v Hearn [2026] QCA 121 was an appeal by Mr Hearn after he had been found guilty by a jury. He was convicted and sentenced ([2] and [4]) as follows:
Assaulting a paramedic, aggravated by spitting in the paramedic’s face, 2 years imprisonment; Assaulti...The decision of the Fair Work Commission in Mohan Komati v Golden Glow Corporation (NT) Pty Ltd T/A Golden Glow Nursing [2026] FWC 1899 turned on the interpretation of the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010. It will...
A reminder of how to ask questions and what this blog is, and is not.
I invite people to ask questions to help understand the law that applies to their work in the emergency services. I have been writing this blog for a long time so many of the questions have been addressed before but I know that because I have read all the answers! Others have not so there is no pr...