ARC Linkage Projects
Administered by the University of Melbourne, unless otherwise indicated.
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Catherine Mills, Michelle Taylor-Sands, Lisa Hui, Julian Savulescu, Martin Delatycki, Mark Pertile, Peter Coleman (administered by Monash University)
Project Title
Ethical, social and regulatory issues in advanced prenatal testing
Project Summary
This project aims to investigate the social, ethical and regulatory issues arising with the rapid advancement and increased use of genomic non-invasive prenatal testing in early pregnancy in Australia. It expects to generate new insight into key issues such as consumer information before and after testing, consent, and equitable access to genomic health technologies in human reproduction. Expected outcomes include recommendations for addressing these issues, supported by ground-breaking social research and ethical and regulatory analysis. The project is expected to have major benefits, addressing the gap between policy and practice that has emerged in prenatal testing in Australia and shaping the ethics and regulation of pregnancy care.
Administering Organisation
Monash University
Partner Organisations
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services Limited
Illumina Australia Pty LtdCommencement Year
2020
Funding
$475,000
Investigators
Professor Catherine Mills (Monash University)
Dr Michelle Taylor-Sands
Associate Professor Lisa Hui (The University of Melbourne)
Professor Julian Savelescu (University of Oxford)
Professor Martin Delatycki (Victorian Clinical Genetics Services)
Dr Mark Pertile (Victorian Clinical Genetics Services)
Mr Peter Coleman (Illumina Australia) -
Paul Ali, Ian Ramsay, Kathy Landvogt, Gerard Brody, Fiona Guthrie, Denis Nelthorpe, Lisa-Maree Stevens
Project Title
Harmful financial products: analysis of their impact and regulation
Project Summary
This project will investigate financial products that have the potential to harm disadvantaged and vulnerable consumers. Working in partnership with five leading non-profit organisations, and adopting empirical research techniques (including surveys, interviews and focus groups), it will explore the extent to which these products perpetuate financial hardship, poor health and social disadvantage. In doing so, it will make a significant, original contribution to consumer law scholarship and studies of financial exclusion, while also providing practical assistance to policymakers, regulators and the partner organisations. The project will assess the need for law reform, and, if appropriate, will make detailed law reform recommendations.
Partner Organisations
Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
Consumer Action Law Centre
Financial Counselling Australia
Western Community Legal Centre
Mallee Family CareCommencement Year
2016
Funding
$620,000
Investigators
Associate Professor Paul Ali
Professor Ian Ramsay
Dr Kathy Landvogt (Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand)
Mr Gerard Brody (Consumer Action Law Centre)
Ms Fiona Guthrie (Financial Counselling Australia)
Mr Denis Nelthorpe (Western Community Legal Centre)
Mrs Lisa-Maree Stevens (Mallee Family Care) -
Larissa Behrendt, Miriam Jorgensen, Stephen Cornell, Daryle Rigney, Steve Hemming, Mark McMillan, Yoko Akama, Asmi Wood, Raymond Orr, Damien Bell and Timothy Hartman (administered by University of Technology, Sydney)
Project Title
Indigenous Nationhood in the Absence of Recognition: Self-governance Insights and Strategies from three Aboriginal Communities
Project Summary
Based on evidence that effective governance is a necessary precursor to Indigenous communities' economic, social and cultural outcomes, this project aims to strengthen Australian Indigenous communities by learning and sharing lessons about sustainable and effective Indigenous governance. In collaboration with three Aboriginal communities in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales that are differentially engaged in Indigenous governance processes, the project aims to identify innovation in community governance, test the usefulness of Australian governance assessment tools, and foster an Indigenous Australian and global network to share successful strategies. In doing so, the project contributes to an emerging theory of Indigenous nation building.
Administering Organisation
University of Technology, Sydney
Partner Organisations
Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority IncCommencement Year
2014
Funding
$600,000
Investigators
Professor Larissa Behrendt (University of Technology, Sydney)
Dr Miriam Jorgensen (University of Arizona)
Professor Stephen Cornell (University of Arizona)
Professor Daryle Rigney (The Flinders University of South Australia)
Associate Professor Steve Hemming (The Flinders University of South Australia)
Dr Mark McMillan
Dr Yoko Akama (RMIT University)
Dr Asmi Wood (The Australian National University)
Dr Raymond Orr (School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne)
Dr Damien Bell (Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation)
Mr Timothy Hartman (Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority Inc) -
Paul Ali, Ian Ramsay, Kathy Landvogt, Gerard Brody and Fiona Guthrie
Project Title
Evaluating Australian Personal Insolvency Laws in the Context of Changing Demographics and Increasing Financial Stress
Project Summary
This project will study how Australians respond to financial stress within the context of Australian personal insolvency laws. A better understanding of the practical impact of these laws today will enable an evaluation of their effectiveness in meeting policy objectives.
Partner Organisations
Good Shepherd Youth & Family Service
Consumer Action Law Centre
Financial Counselling Australia IncorporatedCommencement Year
2013
Funding
$425,465
Investigators
Associate Professor Paul Ali
Professor Ian Ramsay
Dr Kathy Landvogt (Good Shepherd Youth & Family Service)
Mr Gerard Brody (Consumer Action Law Centre)
Ms Fiona Guthrie (Financial Counselling Australia Incorporated) -
Tania Voon, Andrew Mitchell and Jonathan Liberman
Project Title
A Collaborative Approach to Designing Regulatory Measures on Tobacco, Alcohol and Unhealthy Diet: Public Health, International Trade and Investment Law
Project Summary
Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes account for 60 per cent of global deaths. This project will clarify the implications of trade and investment law to assist in ensuring effective domestic and international public health regulation to combat the common risk factors of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy diet.
Partner Organisation
Cancer Council Victoria
Commencement Year
2012
Funding
$120,000
Investigators
Associate Professor Tania Voon
Professor Andrew Mitchell
Mr Jonathan Liberman (Cancer Council Victoria) -
Jacqueline Horan, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Blake McKimmie and Ian Freckelton
Project Title
The Presentation of Expert Evidence in Australian Criminal Trials: The Role of Lawyers and Experts
Project Summary
This project will shed light on how courts, lawyers and experts can work effectively together to deliver expert evidence in the courtroom. Improving the provision and effective use of expert evidence will benefit the Australian community by providing a better quality criminal justice system.
Partner Organisations
Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration
Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory AgencyCommencement Year
2012
Funding
$60,000
Investigators
Dr Jacqueline Horan
Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty (University of NSW)
Dr Blake McKimmie (University of Queensland)
Professor Ian Freckelton (Monash University) -
Tim McCormack
Project Title
Optimising Access to the Law Reports Series of Australia's War Crimes Trials, 1945-51
Project Summary
The forthcoming Law Report Series on Australia's war crimes trials held in 1945-51 will be, in effect, the official history of the trials. It is vital, therefore, that all users, particularly the Australian public, are provided with the necessary tools to optimally access the Series and thus obtain a comprehensive understanding of the trials.
Partner Organisations
Australian War Memorial
Department of DefenceCommencement Year
2012
Funding
$85,000
Investigator
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Robert Burrell, Michael Humphreys, Kimberlee Weatherall, Sarah Kelly, Jennifer Burt and Megan Richardson (administered by University of Queensland)
Project Title
Testing Trade Mark Law's Image of the Consumer
Project Summary
An effective trade mark law is vital both to protect consumers and to allow businesses to build brand recognition. This project seeks to put Australian trade mark law on a firmer empirical footing by bringing together experts from psychology, law and marketing to test the law's assumptions against actual consumer responses.
Administering Organisation
University of Queensland
Partner Organisations
Federal Court of Australia
Foster Group Ltd
I P AustraliaCommencement Year
2012
Funding
$250,000
Investigators
Professor Robert Burrell (University of Queensland)
Professor Michael Humphreys (University of Queensland)
Ms Kimberlee Weatherall (University of Queensland)
Dr Sarah Kelly (University of Queensland)
Associate Professor Jennifer Burt (University of Queensland)
Professor Megan Richardson -
Rick Krever, Christopher Evans, Ann O'Connell, Nolan Sharkey and Antony Ting (administered by Monash University)
Project Title
Mitigating Tax Barriers to Trade and Investment Relations between Australia and the People's Republic of China
Project Summary
China and Australia's conflicting tax rules and attitudes towards tax administration affect the level of trade, investment and labour mobility between the two countries. This project will explore and propose methods of reform for both the Chinese and Australian tax systems to strengthen our economic relationship.
Administering Organisation
Monash University
Partner Organisations
Brilliant Development Pty Ltd
Zhongnan University of Economics and LawCommencement Year
2012
Funding
$130,000
Investigators
Professor Rick Krever (Monash University)
Professor Christopher Evans (University of NSW)
Associate Professor Ann O'Connell
Dr Nolan Sharkey (University of NSW)
Mr Antony Ting (University of Sydney) -
Tim McCormack, Nicholas Crofts and Stuart Kaye
Project Title
Substance Use in Prisons and Other Closed Settings: Identifying Appropriate and Effective Legislative Frameworks for a Harm Reduction Approach
Project Summary
Influencing laws on drugs in closed settings to reflect public health approaches will directly benefit incarcerated individuals and wider communities in Cambodia and in Australia. The Australian Red Cross has a long-standing commitment to improving vulnerable peoples' lives as well as a deep-seated community identity; it will facilitate the implementation of its research findings through its prisons programs. Collaborations with AusAID-funded HIV prevention, substance abuse and criminal justice reform initiatives (including HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program (HAARP) and Cambodia Criminal Justice Assistance Program (CCJAP)) will strengthen Australia's contribution to civil society and public health in Cambodia, and simultaneously reinforce Australia's reputation as a leader on substance use and harm reduction issues.
Partner Organisation
Australian Red Cross
Commencement Year
2010
Funding
$80,007
Investigators
Professor Tim McCormack
Professor Nicholas Crofts (School of Population Health, University of Melbourne)
Professor Stuart Kaye -
David Studdert, Jane Pirkis and Graham Sewell
Project Title
Learning from Preventable Deaths: A Prospective Evaluation of Reforms to Coroners' Recommendation Powers in Victoria
Project Summary
Coroners in Australia investigate nearly 13,000 deaths each year and have a unique vantage point on health and safety risks. The public as a whole will benefit from information that helps translate those insights into system changes that work to prevent injuries and accidents from occurring. This project is designed to produce such information. It will also serve stakeholders at several other levels. By illuminating circumstances in which coroners recommendations produce positive change, project findings will help coroners shape and disseminate their prevention messages for maximum effect. Also, for states interested in modifying or boosting coroners' recommendation powers, our findings will help guide reforms.
Partner Organisations
Department of Justice
Office of the State CoronerCommencement Year
2010
Funding
$269,000
Investigators
Professor David Studdert
Associate Professor Jane Pirkis (School of Population Health, University of Melbourne)
Professor Graham Sewell (Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne)