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Pre-sentence Medicolegal Reports

This post provides an overview of the role of conducting assessments for individuals facing legal sentencing proceedings. These assessments are aimed at evaluating the medical, psycho-social and mental state circumstances of accused persons at the time they allegedly committed criminal acts.  The...

Psychologically Injured at work in New South Wales? 

The proposed New South Wales Workers Compensation Amendment Bill 2025 aims to reduce the percentage of workers suffering from psychological injury as a result of work who can be compensated to less than 5%. This is based on an increase in the Whole Person Impairment rating from 15 to 31 as...

Garth Brooks anthem – We Shall Be Free

A favourite anthem: We Shall Be Free. Sung by Garth Brooks. Lyrics below. https://youtu.be/bndsP4lhwts?si=3kWhGsSJ9sRyTS9o This ain't comin' from no prophetJust an ordinary manWhen I close my eyesThe way this world shall beWhen we all walk hand in handWhen the last child cries for a crust of...

Social Media Minimum Age Legislation

  The proposed federal Social Media Minimum Age legislation will prohibit children under 16 from accessing social media accounts, citing their increased vulnerability to platform-related harms. While the Act does not delve into the physiological basis for this vulnerability, it is well established...

Additional Activities of Dr Philip Morris AM

As an individual with many interests, both professional and private, I engage in a number of activities.  These activities recently have included the following: An interview with Dr Hilary Cass OBE, author of the influential Cass Review on the understanding of gender questioning concerns in young...

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