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HRMakingAComplaint
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Making a complaint and WHO CAN COMPLAIN Only individuals can lodge a communication. Non government organisations or lawyers can only lodge a communication on so...
UnitedNationsCommittees
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United Nations committees and Complaints (called communications) may be lodged with one of three specialist United Nations committees: • the Human Rights Commit...
UnitedNationsTreaties
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United Nations treaties AND Australia has signed three treaties providing a right to complain to, or petition, a United Nations committee. These are: • the Inte...
WhatAreHumanRights
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What are human rights? and By human rights, we generally mean rights agreed by the international community to be basic human rights. They are rights applying to...
Rates
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Rates and HOW RATES ARE ASSESSED In accordance with the provisions of the Valuation of Land Act 1978 (WA), rates are assessed based on the valuation of property...
StrataTitles
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Strata titles and TYPES OF PROPERTIES AND TITLES The green title The green title is the most common title in Western Australia. It is the traditional title of m...
BuyingOrSellingAHome
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Buying or selling a home and The purchase of a home is often the largest financial transaction that a person enters into during his or her lifetime. GETTING THE...
SampleLettersAndForms
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Sample letters and forms and FORMS Forms referred to in this chapter are available from State Law Publishers. SAMPLE LETTER TO OWNER/AGENT 136 Resident Street...
Homeswest
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Homeswest and OVERVIEW Homeswest is a statutory authority set up under the Housing Act 1980 (WA) to provide accommodation for low income earners. It is headed b...
PrivateResidentialTenancies
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Private residential tenancies and APPLICATION FOR TENANCY The owner/agent may require a prospective tenant to complete an Application for Tenancy form. The Appl...
HousingActCoverageAndApplication
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Coverage and application of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 and the Residential Tenancies Regulations 1989 and The purpose of the Residential Tenancies Act i...
Housing
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Housing and This chapter outlines the application and effect of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA) and the Residential Tenancies Regulations 1989 (WA) on b...
LivingWills
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Living wills and Legislation has been introduced in other states to ensure that a patient’s prior wishes about medical treatment will be respected if they lose ...
HCRConfidentiality
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Confidentiality and Doctors have a legal and ethical duty to protect the confidentiality of their patient. The ethical duty has its roots in the Hippocratic oat...
AccessToMedicalRecords
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Access to medical records and A doctor, a hospital or any other health provider can collate patient records. They may include files, documents, notes and other ...
MakingComplaints
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Making complaints and Health consumers have a right to be treated with respect and reasonable care. Reasonable care includes (but is not limited by): • a proper...
RightToGiveConsent
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Right to give consent and Before undergoing any treatment a patient must give their consent to the procedure. In the absence of such consent, then under the law...
EnduringPowersOfAttorney
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Enduring Powers of Attorney and A power of attorney is a formal written legal document by which one person (the donor) gives another (the donee) power to repres...
OfficeOfThePublicAdvocate
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Office of the Public Advocate and The Guardianship and Administration Act also established the Office of the Public Advocate. The Public Advocate and the State ...
GuardianshipAdministrationAct
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Guardian Administration Act 1990 (WA) and WHO DOES THE ACT ASSIST? The Guardianship and Administration Act enables a Guardian to be appointed for adults (person...
GuardianshipAndAdministration
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Guardianship and Administration and The Guardianship and Administration system was established by the Guardianship Administration Act 1990 (WA). The Act provi...
ClaimsForLossAndInjury
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Claims for loss and injury and CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION A person who has suffered physical injury or mental or nervous shock as a result of an offence ari...
RestrainingOrders
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Restraining orders and Restraining Orders under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 (WA) (“the Act”) are orders which impose certain restrictions on the conduct of ...
FamilyCourt
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Family Court and PROCEDURES The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) defines family violence as ‘conduct, whether actual or threatened, by a person towards, or towards the...
RoleOfPolice
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Role of police and ON INITIAL NOTIFICATION Where there is a reasonable belief that a criminal offence has occurred or is likely to occur, it is the responsibili...
Children
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Children and In households with children and where family and domestic violence occurs, it is likely that not only the adult partner but also the children will ...
FamilyIntroduction
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Introduction and Family and domestic violence is about abuse by a partner or family member of another through power and control. The forms of abuse may present ...
FamilyCourtOrderProcedure
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Procedure for applications for parenting and financial orders in the Family Court and MAKING AN APPLICATION Pre Action Procedures Before a party makes an applic...
ShortDeFactoRelationships
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De facto relationships that ended before 1 December 2002, or were of less than 2 years' duration and In Western Australia, the Family Court does not hear dispu...
OptionsRelationshipBreakdown
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Options on the breakdown of a marriage or de facto relationship and These days there is a strong emphasis on parties to a marriage or de facto relationship find...
MarriageAndDeFacto
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Marriage and De Facto relationships and Marriages are regulated by the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) (“the Act”) which is a Commonwealth law. It sets out who may marr...
OtherEnvironmentalLaws
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Other environmental laws and It has not been possible in this chapter to consider all environment laws applying in Western Australia. This includes laws relatin...
BiodiversityProtection
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Biodiversity protection and WHAT IS “BIODIVERSITY”? Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is defined in Article 2 of the International Convention of Biological...
ContaminatedSites
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Contaminated sites and The Contaminated Sites Act 2003 (WA) (“the CS Act”) passed the WA Parliament in 2003. The CS Act establishes a system of registering cont...
PollutionAndEnvironmentalHarm
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Pollution and environmental harm and The Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) (“the Act”) is the primary source of control on pollution and environmental harm...
EnvironmentalImpactAssessment
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Environmental impact assessment and WHAT IS “ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT”? Under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) (“the Act”), the Environmental P...
PlanningAndDevelopmentControls
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Planning and development controls and The most visible planning and development controls are those administered by local governments. This is through local plan...
TheFuture
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The future? and The area of employment and industrial relations is particularly political and often undergoes major change with different governments. At the ti...
SafetyAndHealth
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Safety and health and At common law, there is a general duty on employers to ensure the safety and health of their employees during the course of their employme...
FreedomOfAssociation
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Freedom of association and Both the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) and the Industrial Relations Act 1979 (WA) impose penalties on any person – employer, emp...
CoverageByAnAwardOrAgreement
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Coverage by an award or agreement and Some areas of work are not covered by either a Federal or State award: they are award free. They may also not be covered b...
EnforcementOfAwardsAndAgreements
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Enforcement of awards and agreements and An employee who has a dispute with an employer concerning an entitlement under an employment agreement, a contract or t...
StateAwardsAndAgreements
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State awards and agreements and AWARDS State awards, like Federal awards, usually contain detailed conditions of employment. However, they do not cover every as...
FederalAwardsAndAgreements
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Federal awards and agreements and AWARDS Awards are a detailed set of entitlements and obligations which apply collectively to employees and employers in parti...
MinimumTermsOfEmployment
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Minimum terms of employment and FEDERAL The Workplace Relations Act sets very limited minimum entitlements for employees. These are as follows: • Parental leave...
EmploymentContracts
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Employment contracts and The threshold question in determining the rights and duties of a worker is whether the individual is an employee or an independent cont...
EmploymentIntroduction
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Introduction and The Australian industrial relations system is a complex mosaic of Commonwealth and State legislation and common law. As a result, the rights an...
PracticeAndProcedurePriorToLegalAction
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Practice and procedure prior to legal action and LIMITATION PERIODS To take legal action for defamation, proceedings must be issued before the limitation period...
DefamationRemedies
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Remedies and There are three main remedies available in defamation actions. DAMAGES The main remedy is damages, or monetary compensation, for the harm done to a...
DefamationDefences
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Defences and JUSTIFICATION (TRUTH) In WA, truth is a complete defence to an action for defamation. (See also Criminal Code WA s.356). In some states for a plea ...
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