Globalisation and the future of health law: harmonisation or diversity? Professor Belinda Bennett presented a lecture on ‘Globalisation and the future of health law: harmonisation or diversity?’. Belinda is a Professor of Health Law at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research and her research focuses on health law and globalisation as well as the development of regulatory responses to new technologies in health care and the interface between social change, scientific developments and legal regulation.

Dying in the 21st century. Dr Peter Saul is senior intensive care specialist in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Director of the Newcastle Private Hospital ICU, and Medical Director of organ and tissue donation for the Hunter New England Health District. Peter has taken an interest in how we die, and how this has changed beyond all recognition in a single generation.

Centre Launch Ceremony 25 October 2012. Centre co-director Professor Ben White launched the Centre, speaking to the Centre’s aspiration to make a significant contribution to the field of health law.

Centre Launch Ceremony 25 October 2012. The Honorable Michael Kirby AC CMG welcomed the Centre's empirical approach to improving the law, policy, practice and health outcomes, and encouraged the Centre to continue its research endeavours and to aspire to be a global leader in the field of health law.

Organ donors and the ‘dead donor rule’. Dr Robert Truog argued that current donation practices violate the ‘dead donor rule’ and therefore rethinking the ethics of vital organ donation is necessary. Dr Robert Truog is a Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesiology and Paediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Queensland Minister for Health, the Honourable Lawrence Springborg MP welcomed the Centre’s focus on a critical area of legal research for Australia.

Voluntary palliated starvation. Adjunct Professor Julian Savulescu delivered the 2014 ACHLR annual public lecture on the place of refusal of food and hydration in end of life decision-making. Julian Savulescu is the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, as well as being an Adjunct Professor to the Centre.

Mental health law reform: a human rights approach. Co-hosted with the Mental Health Commission and the Public Advocate, Dr Ian Freckelton SC outlined the key human rights principles that should underpin reform to mental health laws in Australia in advance of reform proposals for Qld. Dr Freckelton is a Queen's Counsel and a member of the Victorian and Tasmanian Bars.

Should women be paid for donating their eggs for medical research? Professor Loane Skene delivered the 2013 ACHLR inaugural annual public lecture on whether women should be paid for donating their eggs for medical research. Professor Skene is a senior lecturer at the Melbourne University Law School and is widely regarded as a pioneer of Australian health law.