Mandy Shircore
James Cook University
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 2015
Caroline de Costa; Heather Anne Douglas; Julie Hamblin; Philippa Ramsay; Mandy Shircore
This article reviews the current legal status of abortion in Australia and its implications. Australian abortion law has been a matter for the states since before Federation. In the years since Federation there have been significant reforms and changes in the abortion laws of some jurisdictions, although not all. Across Australia there are now nine sets of laws, state and Commonwealth, concerned with abortion. The test of a lawful abortion varies greatly across jurisdictions. In a number of states and territories, it is necessary to establish a serious risk to the physical or mental health of the woman if the pregnancy was to continue. In some cases, the certification of two doctors is required, particularly for abortions at later gestations. There are also physical restrictions on access, such as in South Australia and the Northern Territory where abortion must take place in a hospital. Only in the ACT has abortion been removed from the criminal law altogether. Variations in the law and restrictions arising from these are not consistent with the aims and provision of the universal, accessible health care system aspired to in Australia. There is an urgent need for overall reform and the introduction of uniformity to Australias abortion laws, including removal of abortion from the criminal law.
QUT Law Review | 2007
Mandy Shircore
Being a guest passenger in a motor vehicle with an alcohol impaired driver carries substantial risk of personal injury. No one would doubt that where an accident results, both the passenger and the driver should take responsibility for the ensuing injuries. Under existing common law principles and recent legislative reforms however, there is a possibility that the alcohol impaired defendant driver may be able to avoid liability altogether. This article explores the various defences that the driver may raise and argues that defences which absolve the defendant from all liability should be abandoned and that contributory negligence remains the most appropriate means of providing a just and socially acceptable outcome for both the driver and guest passenger.
The International Journal of The First Year in Higher Education | 2013
Mandy Shircore; Kathrine Galloway; Nichola Corbett-Jarvis; Ryan Daniel
QUT Law Review | 2011
Kate Galloway; Mandy Shircore; Nichola Corbett-Jarvis; Rachel Bradshaw
James Cook University law review | 2006
Lisa Westcott; Mandy Shircore
Deakin Law Review | 2006
Mandy Shircore
Sydney Law Review | 2017
Mandy Shircore; Heather Anne Douglas; Victoria Morwood
Archive | 2016
Mandy Shircore; Michael Murray
Archive | 2015
Mandy Shircore
Archive | 2015
Mandy Shircore