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Requiring a Working with Children Check – NSW SES
By M. Eburn
I received the following as a response to my post Interstate paramedic and NSW Working with Children Check (August 30, 2026):
The minimum age to join the NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) is 16: https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/faqs
In the last few…
Interstate paramedic and NSW Working with Children Check
By M. Eburn
Today’s correspondent is
… a paramedic employed in Victoria by Ambulance Victoria. I currently work in a border town and often find myself transporting patients to a hospital located in NSW as well as, occasionally attending cases in NSW.
We…
Religious Liberty Lecture and Conference, Uni of Notre Dame, Sydney
By Neilfoster
For those interested in Religious Freedom issues, I recommend the Religious Liberty Lecture and Conference being held at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, on September 17-18, 2026.
On Thursday evening Sept 17 the Religious Liberty lecture will be delivered by…
Intentional torts: Conspiracy to injure by unlawful means.
By Bill Madden
ABC by her tutor DEF v Irmak and Dagdanasar; ABC by her tutor DEF v Irmak (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1025 (Link to Caselaw).
The plaintiff was sexually assaulted after her year 12 school formal. The relevant defendant here…
Understanding Detriment in Proprietary Estoppel: Pérez de la Sala v Pérez de la Sala [2026] NSWCA 160
Perez de la Sala v Pérez de la Sala (No 5) [2026] NSWSC 556 concerned an application by Maria-Christina Pérez de la Sala (the plaintiff) for leave to amend her statement of claim to replead a proprietary estoppel claim previously…
Case note: monitoring financial service promises
In In the matter of Fiducian Investment Management Services Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 959 the Supreme Court of NSW declared that Fiducian Investment Management Services Limited (FIMS), contravened section 12DF of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act (ASIC Act)
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Complete the training, use the skills
By M. Eburn
Today’s correspondent asks:
I’m working at a mine in NSW as an emergency services officer I’m wondering if I completed this nationally accredited training would I then be able to use those skills in NSW?
Link attached to the training. …
Literary Executors and Rectification: In the estate of Mary Patricia Clarke [2026] ACTSC 288.
Although the expression “literary executor” is commonly understood to describe a person responsible for an author’s literary property after death, it has no particular statutory definition under the ACT legislation governing wills and probate. The concept is nevertheless well recognised…
Croucher on an 1881 Australian Murder Trial
By Dan Ernst
John Croucher, Macquarie University, has posted The Murder at Agnes Banks: Unravelling Truth, Lies, and 19th Century Justice:The setting for a murder that took place in the early days of the New South Wales penal colony in Australia…