scholarly journals Ambulance Service of NSW v Worley; further legal lessons for the emergency services

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Eburn
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Services ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
Trial Judge ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Court Of Appeal ◽  
Insight Into

The decision of the Court of Appeal in New South Wales, in Ambulance Service of NSW v Worley, gives insight into legal issues relating to the emergency services, and ambulance services in particular. This article considers the facts that gave rise to this litigation, why the trial judge found that the treating paramedic was negligent and why that decision was overturned by the NSW Court of Appeal. The paper then considers the legal principles that arise from this decision and their importance for ambulance services throughout Australia.

Towards a more effective model of wildlife care and rehabilitation: A survey of volunteers in New South Wales, Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Haering ◽  
Vanessa Wilson ◽  
Annie Zhuo ◽  
Peter Stathis
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Care Service ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Wildlife Rehabilitation ◽  
Training Standards ◽  
Governance Training ◽  
Insight Into

The provision of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation services in New South Wales (NSW) relies heavily on the volunteer sector. The NSW Government regulates the sector and is responsible for identifying measures for its support and delivery of services. To inform this process, we undertook an extensive review of the sector. We report here on the results from our survey of NSW volunteer wildlife rehabilitators, who have collectively reported over 1,000,000 rescues of sick and injured free-living wildlife over the past 16 years. The survey provided a unique insight into the demographics of the sector, the challenges faced, and the value of their contribution to wildlife rehabilitation. Volunteers’ views on the operation of wildlife rehabilitation providers cover five key areas: governance, training, standards of care, service capacity and reporting, as well as the support received from other stakeholders, NSW Wildlife Council (the peak body for the sector), veterinary professionals and government. We found that the volunteer wildlife rehabilitation sector in NSW provides a significant public good that is of high value to the environment, community and government. We make recommendations for investment and strategic improvements to the capacity of the sector to continue to deliver services including transitioning wildlife rehabilitation providers towards a system of accreditation in the future.

What Do Trial Judges Cite? Evidence from the New South Wales District Court

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Smyth
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
District Court ◽  
Appellate Courts ◽  
Trial Court ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Trial Judges ◽  
Citation Practice ◽  
Court Of Appeal

This article examines the citation practice of the New South Wales District Court, using all decisions reported on AustLII/Caselaw NSW decided between 2005 and 2016. This study is the first to examine the citation practice of an ‘inferior’ trial court. The study suggests some important differences between the citation practice of the New South Wales District Court and what existing studies have found about the citation practice of superior courts in Australia. The proportion of citations to decisions of the High Court and New South Wales Court of Appeal is higher than in the superior courts. The proportion of citations to the Court’s own previous decisions are lower than in the superior courts. The proportion of coordinate citations to courts in other states at the same level in the judicial hierarchy are extremely small. The Court cites fewer secondary sources than is the case in the appellate courts.

scholarly journals Round Table Discussion with Lynne Huffer, Steven Ogden, Paul Patton, and Jana Sawicki

2018 ◽  
pp. 77-101
Author(s):  
Lynne Huffer ◽  
Steven Ogden ◽  
Paul Patton ◽  
Jana Sawicki
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Special Section ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
International Group ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Construction Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

Joanna Crosby and Dianna Taylor: The theme of this special section of Foucault Studies, “Foucauldian Spaces,” emerged out of the 2016 meeting of the Foucault Circle, where the four of you were participants. Each of the three individual papers contained in the special section critically deploys and/or reconceptualizes an aspect of Foucault’s work that engages and offers particular insight into the construction, experience, and utilization of space. We’d like to ask the four of you to reflect on what makes a space Foucauldian, and whether or not (and why or why not) you’d consider the space created by the convergence of and intellectual exchanges among an international group of Foucault scholars at the University of New South Wales in the summer of 2016 to be Foucauldian.

Waterlogging tolerance of the threatened grass Arthraxon hispidus and implications for its habitat niche within endangered wetlands in north-eastern New South Wales

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Laura White ◽  
Claudia Catterall ◽  
Ben Wirf ◽  
Kathryn Taffs
Keyword(s):  
Field Survey ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Freshwater Wetland ◽  
Waterlogging Tolerance ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Habitat Niche ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Physiological Tolerances ◽  
Insight Into

Knowledge of a target species’ habitat niche and physiological tolerances is important for conservation planning. However, these factors are not well understood for the threatened annual grass Arthraxon hispidus in New South Wales (NSW). Although the species is widespread in modified environments, recent studies have suggested that several threatened wetland types may represent original native habitat for the species, but documented field examples are lacking and the species’ physiological response to soil moisture is not clear. We undertook a detailed survey of an A. hispidus population within a relatively intact native sedgeland community, and carried out a nursery experiment to test the hydrological tolerances of the species. We found that A. hispidus plants grew more vigorously in poorly drained or waterlogged conditions, suggesting that the species is well-adapted to overcome such stressors, possibly through the formation of adventitious roots, a trait shared by many wetland plants globally. Our field survey confirmed that the A. hispidus population within the study site occurred only within species assemblages that were characteristic of a freshwater wetland formation and that matched descriptions of a listed endangered ecological community. These findings provide a deeper insight into the species’ habitat and threats, and offer a valuable management focus for conservation of A. hispidus as a component of threatened wetland communities in north-eastern NSW.

Performance of the New South Wales Ambulance Service major trauma transport protocol (T1) at an inner city trauma centre

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M Dinh ◽  
Matthew Oliver ◽  
Kendall J Bein ◽  
Susan Roncal ◽  
Christopher M Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Major Trauma ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Trauma Centre ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
Transport Protocol ◽  
South Wales
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