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Yvette Maker

@ymaker.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Tasmania, Nipaluna/Hobart. Human rights, care and support, disability, mental health and social security law. Music lover, bird and (indoor) cat enthusiast.

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Helen Dickinson @hdicko.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Just out from me and @annekavanagh.bsky.social - The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support theconversation.com/the-governme...
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The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support
As the government seeks to moderate growth of the scheme budget, some NDIS participants are finding they are no longer eligible for the scheme.
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
HUGE admission by Dept of Employment which is all but turning off welfare 'penalty zone' of the Coalition era Targeted Compliance Framework. After sustained pressure over 18-months from advocates, media and parliament. Big win for @antipovertycentre.org www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Published: Consent as Friction. Data consent is more than a tool to facilitate choice. It can be a source of friction--like sand in the gears of algorithmic engines--to undermine the economic viability of harmful business practices. Regulators should use it as such. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hey folks, UWA law is looking for an expert in #enviro #law. Please note this is a specific subject-area need & not optional in terms of expertise. Lvl B #lecturer position. You need #PhD or very close to completion. #jobs #jobFairy #academia #AUS www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
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Lecturer (Environmental Law) - Perth (Suburb), Western Australia (AU) job with UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA | 387339
Contribute to teaching, research, research supervision, and engagement activities within the Law Sch...
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Yvette Maker @ymaker.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The paperback version of our edited collection (and tribute to @bernmcsherry.bsky.social), 'The Future of Disability, Mental Health and Criminal Law', is now out - and it's on sale! Info here and get in touch for an extra discount code: www.routledge.com/The-Future-o...
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The Future of Mental Health, Disability and Criminal Law
This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability an...
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Yvette Maker @ymaker.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Come and join me at the University of Tasmania to do a PhD on the interpretation and implementation of the #CRPD in Australia. Scholarships are available to suitable candidates. More information here - get in touch if you're interested! www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...
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Disability human rights in Australia
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Anna Saunders @annasaunders.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
for doctoral scholars at Australian or New Zealand universities: this year's ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students workshop will be held at the ANU. A great opportunity to meet other ECRs and get feedback, especially for early stage PhD work. Deadline 24 Feb 2025 anzsil.org.au/Postgraduate...
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Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law - Postgraduate Research Students Workshop 2025
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Bernadette McSherry @bernmcsherry.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Thanks to @ymaker.bsky.social for the initial concept and for co-authoring this open access article on #HumanRights and the #SocialDeterminants of #MentalHealth with me. #Psychscisky #Psychiatry #Psychology #Law www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Human rights and the social determinants of mental health: fostering interdisciplinary research collaboration
There is a developing body of research indicating that individual and population-based mental health is affected by a range of ‘social determinants’. Discrimination, poverty, inadequate access to h...
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Russell Sandberg @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Call for papers - the Routledge Handbook of Doctor Who call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/12/...
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a black and white photo of a dalek robot standing in a room
ALT: a black and white photo of a dalek robot standing in a room
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Melbourne Social Equity Institute @msei-unimelb.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
We've set up a starter pack with current and former staff, collaborators and supporters of Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Please DM to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/SejMzZB
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Bernadette McSherry @bernmcsherry.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Post a thorough (and often distressing) Royal Commission, hoping there's still the impetus for positive changes to occur in the #MentalHealth system in Victoria - particularly in regional areas. #Psychscisky #HumanRights #Psychology #Psychiatry www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Victoria fails royal commission timeline as mental health reforms delayed
The Allan government has backtracked on its promise to implement all recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System on time.
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Peter Whiteford @peterwhiteford.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
‘The social engineering of shame’: Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme theconversation.com/the-social-e... via @ConversationEDU
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‘The social engineering of shame’: Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme
Rick Morton brings complex evidence into an accessible format for the public – and policy makers – to understand.
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Save the date for the world's best-sized international law conference! The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University. The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’. Please re-post!
Dear ANZSIL members and friends,

ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025: Save the Date and Conference Theme

It is with great pleasure that the ANZSIL Annual Conference Organising Committee announces the dates, location and theme of the ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025!

The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.

The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’.

The Postgraduate Research Student Workshop will be held on Tuesday 1 July 2025.

Save the dates now!  The Call for Papers will be issued shortly.

We look forward to seeing you in Canberra in July 2025.

Best wishes,

Imogen Saunders and Douglas Guilfoyle (Co-Chairs of the ANZSIL Conference Organising Committee 2025)
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Yvette Maker @ymaker.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
New from me: 'Draft expectations on the treatment of people deprived of their liberty in health and social care' for the Office of the Tasmanian NPM. The draft was developed in co-design with advocacy and civil society orgs and is open for public consultation til March npm.tas.gov.au/home/our-exp...
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Our Expectations | National Preventive Mechanism
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Yvette Maker @ymaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Submissions are open for the AG department's consultation on automated decision-making in the delivery of government services - closing 15 January
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Bunnings breached the privacy of potentially hundreds of thousands of customers through use of facial recognition in dozens of stores in NSW and Victoria, the privacy commissioner has ruled. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Bunnings breached privacy of customers by using facial recognition, watchdog finds
Hardware chain breached law by scanning faces of everyone entering the store against a database of banned customers
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