1. Late Submission

Without an approved extension, 5% of the assessment grade will be deducted for each day or part thereof that the assessment is late (ie, both a 1h and 23h late submission will incur a 5% penalty, 25h a 10% penalty etc. etc.). Assessments more than seven (7) days late will not be accepted.

Applications for a Special Consideration, which may include extensions, are made electronically via ask.mq.edu.au and should be accompanied by supporting documentation.

2. Word Limits

Word limits will be strictly applied and work above the word limit will not be graded (practically, this often means that conclusions will not be read, which significantly impacts the grade). The following are excluded from, and included in the word count:

Excluded:

• Front matter: title page, table of contents, table of abbreviations
• Back matter: bibliography/reference list, appendix (where applicable)
• References in footnotes

Included:

• Text (introduction, body, conclusion)
• Headings
• Substantive text in footnotes (explanations, quotes, legal provisions etc.)

There are no specific penalties for work that is under the word limit, though work that is under the word limit is often underdeveloped and will fail to meet the assessment task requirements (especially analysis-related elements). Students are advised to consider submitting work that is nearing the word limit as far as possible with writing that is substantive and analytical in nature (not "page-fillers").

3. Submission and Review

Assessments must be submitted in the format prescribed in detailed instructions provided on the unit iLean page. All assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically via Turnitin (submission boxes will be made available in the assessment module on the iLearn page).

Plagiarism detection software is used in this unit and transgressions will be followed up on. To prevent any issues, please make sure to follow both the University Academic Integrity policy and Chapter 1 of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed), including eg rules on editing quotations.

Students are not allowed to use and/or submit AI generated text (eg ChatGPT). In any case, AI is not very good at Health Law.

4. Referencing

All assessments must be appropriately referenced, applying the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed). As noted above, this includes not only citation conventions, but also the general rules in Chapter 1.

5. Instructions and Rubrics

Further instructions and marking rubrics for each of the assessments in the unit will be provided on the unit's iLearn page. 

This unit is taught as a semester unit with weekly modules and fortnightly online tutorials. Each week, there will be a recorded lecture (which may be broken up into smaller parts) and a set of readings. Fortnightly tutorials last for two hours and require preparation in addition to the lectures and readings. Questions, cases etc. for use in tutorials will be provided on the iLearn page.

There is no set textbook for the unit. Given the lack of up-to-date textbooks, we will instead be working with selected readings.

A stable internet connection and environment without distraction is required for tutorials.

This unit, last run in 2021, used to be a two-day intensive unit instead of a semester unit. It had a different assessment scheme, looked at different topics and had a different unit convenor. Ie, the current unit is quite distinct from the previous offering in format, and, to a lesser extent, content.