Journal articles and other academic writing

Research project reports

• Gissing, A, Eburn M and McAneney J, Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading disasters (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2020) https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-6809.
• Eburn, M, Moore, C and Gissing, A, The potential role of the commonwealth in responding to catastrophic disasters (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2019) https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-6395.
• Restorative inquiries and natural disasters – symposium report (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2019) https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-5745.
• Gissing, A, Eburn, M and McAneney, J, Shaping future catastrophic disasters (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2018) https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-6629
• Eburn, M and Dovers, S, Learning for emergency services: looking for a new approach (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2017) https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-4248
• Cole, L, Dovers, S, Eburn, M and Gough, M, Major post-event inquiries and reviews: review of recommendations (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2017) https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/biblio/bnh-4392
• Background Report: Law and Regulation for the Reduction of Risk from Natural Disasters in Australia, A National Law Desk Survey (International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, 2012,). https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/media/1969
• Legal preparedness for international disaster response in Australia: Laws, Policies, Planning and Practices (International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, 2010). https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2020-09/193900-australian-cs-EN.pdf

Refereed journals

• McCormack, PC, McDonald, J, Eburn, M, Little, S, Bowman, D and Harris, R, ‘An Anatomy of Australia’s Legal Framework for Bushfire’ (2023) 46(1) Melbourne University Law Review (Advance).
• Hunt, S and Eburn, M, ‘How can business share responsibility for disaster resilience?’ (2018) 77(3) Australian Journal of Public Administration 482-491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12320.
• Cole, L., Dovers, S., Gough, M and Eburn, M, ‘Can major post-event inquiries and reviews contribute to lessons management?‘ (2018) 33(2) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 34-39.
• Eburn, M and Dovers, S ‘Reviewing high-risk and high-consequence decisions: finding a safer way’ (2017) 32(4) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 26-29.
• Eburn, M and Cary, C., ‘You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?’ (2017) 26(12) International Journal of Wildland Fire 999-1008 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF17070.
• Clune, T and Eburn, M., ‘Blue green algae in the Murray Darling Basin: a case for Commonwealth leadership’ (2017) 32(3) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 46-51.
• Lukasiewicz, A., Dovers, S. and Eburn, M., Shared responsibility: the who, what and how (2017) 16(4) Environmental Hazards 291-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2017.1298510
• Bradley, E., Townsend, R. and Eburn, M. ‘Paramedics and ACT Mental Health Legislation’ (2015) 12(4) Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, Article 1, 1-6.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Learning lessons from disasters: alternatives to Royal Commissions and other quasi-judicial inquiries‘, (2015) 74(4) Australian Journal of Public Administration 495–508

2010-14:

• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Legal Aspects of Risk Management in Australia’ (2014) 4(1) Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management 61-72.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S.,’How chief officers view the measures of success in fire policy and management‘, (2014) 29(3) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 16-21.
• McLennan, B., Weir, J., Eburn, M., Handmer, J., Dovers, S. and Norman, B., ‘Negotiating risk and responsibility through law, policy and planning‘, (2014) 29(3) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 22-28.
• McLennan B. and Eburn M., ‘Exposing hidden-value trade-offs: sharing wildfire management responsibility between government and citizens‘. (2014) 24 International Journal of Wildland Fire, 162-169.
• ‘Managing ‘civil contingencies’ in Australia‘ (2014) 18(2) The International Journal of Human Rights, 143-158.
• ‘Do Australian Fire Brigades Owe a Common Law Duty of Care? A Review of Three Recent Cases‘ (2013) 3(1) Victoria University Law and Justice Journal, 65-78.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Mainstreaming Fire and Emergency Management across Legal and Policy Sectors: Preliminary Findings on Measures of Success‘ (2012) 27(2) Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 15-19.
• Eburn, M and Handmer, J., ‘Legal Issues and Information on Natural Hazards’ (2012) 17 Local Government Law Journal, 19-26.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Australian wildfire litigation’ (2012) 21(5) International Journal of Wildland Fire 488-497.
• ‘The emerging legal issue of failure to warn’ (2012) 27(1) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 52-55.
• ‘Responding to catastrophic natural disasters and the need for Commonwealth legislation’ (2011) 10(3) Canberra Law Review 81-102.
• ‘Changes to occupational health and safety laws and the impact on volunteers in the emergency services’ (2011) 26(4) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 43-47.
• Eburn, M. and Jackman, B., ‘Mainstreaming fire and emergency management into law’ (2011) 28(2) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 59-76.
• ‘International Law and Disaster Response’ (2010) 36(3) Monash University Law Review162-189.
• Eburn, M. and Bendall, J., ‘The provision of Ambulance Services in Australia: a legal argument for the national registration of paramedics’ (2010) 8(4) Australasian Journal of Paramedicine Article 4 (previously (2010) 8(4) Australian Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, Article 990414).
• ‘Media Access to Emergencies – Command, Control or Co-ordination?‘ (2010) 25(1) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 13-17.

2005-09

• ‘Litigation for failure to warn of natural hazards and community resilience‘ (2008) 23(2) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 9-13.
• ‘Ambulance Service of NSW v Worley; further legal lessons for the emergency services‘ (2007) 5(2) Australasian Journal of Paramedicine Article 4 (previously (2007) 5(2)Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care Article number 990235).
• ‘A case study of tort liability for fire damage‘ (2007) 22(1) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 44-48.
• ‘Should paternity be linked to sexual intercourse?‘ (2006) 9 New Zealand Yearbook of Jurisprudence 257-256.
• ‘Outlawry in Colonial Australia: The Felons Apprehension Act 1865 (NSW)‘ [2005] Australia and New Zealand Law and History E-Journal

2000-04

• ‘Protecting Volunteers?’ (2003) 18(4) Australian Journal of Emergency Management 7-11.
• ‘A new model of provocation in New South Wales‘ (2001) 25(4) Criminal Law Journal 206-214.

1994-99

• ‘Rescuers and Nervous Shock‘ (1999) 73 Australian Law Journal 132-138.
• ‘The Legal Status of a Living Abortus‘, (1997) 4 Journal of Law and Medicine 373-378.
• ‘Withholding, Withdrawing and Refusing Emergency Resuscitation‘ (1994) 2 Journal of Law and Medicine 131-146.

Non-refereed journals, policy submissions and other academic writing

2015-

• Eburn. M and Townsend R, ‘Professional Insurance for Paramedics’ (2018) 45 Response pp. 20-21
• ‘Should governments allow fire affected communities to rebuild?‘ (2017) 16(4) Risk Frontiers Newsletter pp 2-4.
• Townsend R. and Eburn, M., ‘Paramedic registration and paramedic professionalization. Where we are up to and where to next? Part 2’ (2017) 44(3) Response pp 16-17.
• Townsend R. and Eburn, M., ‘Paramedic registration and paramedic professionalization. Where we are up to and where to next?’ (2017) 44(2) Response pp 20-21.
• Eburn, M. and Townsend, R., ‘Coming to a person’s aid when off duty’ (2017) 44(1) Response pp 18-20.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., Discussion Paper: Learning For Emergency Services, Looking For a New Approach (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2016).
• Police and Emergency Management. LexisNexis Australian Legal Dictionary (2nd ed, LexisNexis, 2016).
• Eburn, M. and Townsend, R., ‘Responding to emergencies – reporting crime’ (2016) 43(3) Response pp 18-20.
• Townsend, R. and Eburn, M., ‘The Altruistic History of Paramedicine’ (2016) 43(2) Response pp 38-39.
• Eburn, M. and Townsend, R., ‘Paramedics and the Mentally Ill – Victoria’ (2016) 43(1) Response pp 38-39.
• Submission to the Victorian Review of the Ambulance Services Act, 23 December 2016
• Lukasiewicz, A., Dovers, S. and Eburn, M., Policies, Institutions and Governance of Natural Hazards Poster displayed at the 2016 Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC)/Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC (BNHCRC) annual conference, Brisbane, 30 August – 1 September 2016.
• Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry on The Establishment of a National Registration System for Australian Paramedics to Improve and Ensure Patient and Community Safety, 29 January 2016.  [Transcript of Oral Evidence before the Committee, 20 April 2016].
• Emergency Services.  Halsbury’s Laws of Australia (LexisNexis 2015).
• ‘Nurses as ‘Good Samaritans’ (2015) 15(3) Primary Times
• ‘Taking photos on an Australian fire ground’ (2015) 54 Asia Pacific Fire Magazine 66-67.
• ‘Are Fire Brigades Liable for Poor Operational Decisions’ (2015) 37(1) The Bulletin (Official journal of the Law Society of South Australia), 8-11.
• Townsend, R. and Eburn, M., ‘Paramedic Fatigue and Work Health and Safety’ (2015) 42(2) Response pp 30-32.
• Townsend, R. and Eburn, M., ‘Registration of Paramedics’ (2015) Vol 42(1) Response pp 22-23.

2010-14

• Townsend, R. and Eburn, M., ‘Professional Discipline for Registered Health Professionals: Lessons for Australian Paramedics’ (2014) 41(3) Response pp 41-43.
• Eburn, M. and Townsend, R., ‘Restricting Paramedic Practice – An Issue of Professional Practice‘ (2014) 41(2) Response pp 33-35.
• ‘Incident Controllers – making decisions in the shadow of the law’ (2014) 170 Phoenix (Official Journal of the Victoria Emergency Services Association) 17-19.
• Eburn, M. and Townsend, R., ‘Crossing the line – the law and ethics of going beyond the wire’ (2014) 41(1) Response pp 41-42.
• ‘The Role of Law in Disaster Management‘ (2013) Journal of Geography and Natural Disasters3: e113.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Mainstreaming Fire and Emergency Management; Law and Policy Learning’, poster presented at the 2013 Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities/Bushfire CRC Annual Conference.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Mainstreaming Law and Policy Project: A (nearly) end of project report‘ Bushfire CRC Research Advisory Forum, 2013.
• ‘The law of driving under emergency conditions’, (2013) 163 Phoenix (Official Journal of the Victoria State Emergency Service) 24-26.
• ‘Recent Trends in and Preparedness for Extreme Weather Events’.  Submission to the Senate Environment and Communication References Committee: Inquiry into Recent Trends in and Preparedness for Extreme Weather Events, 8 January 2013. Oral evidence given to the Committee 11 April 2013.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Mainstreaming fire and emergency management – What’s possible? What’s feasible?’ (2012) 97 Fire Note (Bushfire CRC).
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Mainstreaming Fire and Emergency Management: directions for policy discussion‘. Poster presented at the 2012 Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities/Bushfire Fire CRC Annual Conference.
• Eburn, M. and Townsend, R., Submission to the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council’s Consultation Paper: Options for regulation of paramedics, 5 September 2012.
• ‘Background Report – Law and Regulation for the Reduction of Risk from Natural Disasters -in Australia – A National Law Desk Survey September 2012′.  Report written for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies International Disaster Law project, 13 September 2012.
• ‘Emergency services and health and safety’ (2012) 8(1) Crisis Response 10-13
• ‘Protecting those who protect us’, (2012) 25(2) National Emergency Response 5-7.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Litigation and Australian Bushfires’, poster presented at the 2011 Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities/Bushfire Fire CRC Annual Conference.
• ‘Reforming Victoria’s emergency management arrangements: Towards a more disaster resilient and safer Victoria – Who is in charge?’ Submission to the Victorian Emergency Management Reform Green Paper, Towards a more disaster resilient and safer Victoria, 30 October 2011.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘The Stakes Are High for Australian Emergency Managers’ (October 2011) IAEM Bulletin: Online Edition, 31, 33.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Better understanding needed of legal risks from fires’ (Winter 2011) Australia Fire
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Understanding Fire Law’ (2011) 82 Fire Note.
• ‘Liability of Volunteers and good Samaritans: making it safe to volunteer or restricting claims for damages?’ (2010) 7(2) Australian Civil Liability14-18.
• Eburn, M. and Dovers, S., ‘Mainstreaming fire law and policy‘, poster presented at the 2010 Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities/Bushfire Fire CRC Annual Conference.

2005-2009

• ‘Canberra bushfires litigation‘ (2009) 28 Fire Update 1-4 (Bushfire CRC).
• ‘Australia’s International Disaster Response – Laws, Rules and Principles’, thesis submitted for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Monash University, 2009.

2000-04

• ‘Good Samaritans and Volunteers‘ (2004) 8 Australian Civil Liability 93-97.
• ‘Focus on Crime’, HSC Study Video, University of New England, June 2003.

1992-99

• ‘Doctors, the Duty to Rescue and the Ambulance Service‘, (1999) 10 Current Therapeutics 92-95.
• ‘Euthanasia and Medical-end-of-life decisions in Australia’, thesis submitted for the award of the degree of Master of Laws (LLM), University of Newcastle (NSW), 1998.
• ‘Legislation and Legal Issues‘ in Occupational First Aid, St John Ambulance Australia, Canberra, 1997.
• ‘Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996’, submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, December 1996.
• ‘Voluntary Euthanasia- Making the Law‘ (1995) 33 Law Society Journal 40-44.
• ‘Religion and the Constitution- an Illusory Freedom’, (1995) 8(2) Australian Religion Studies Review
• ‘The Sanctity of Life and the Law: A review of two recent cases’, dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)), University of New England, 1994.
• ‘Protecting a client’s interests: The question of ethics‘ (1994) 32 Law Society Journal 40-41.
• ‘Driving Emergency Vehicles and the Law‘ (1992) 15(2) Response 10-11.
• Eburn, M. and West, J., ‘The First Aider and the Law‘ (1992) St John Ambulance Australia (NSW).

Case notes & book reviews

• Washington v Glucksberg; Vacco v Quill (1997) 5 Journal of Law and Medicine 120-123.
• Further Decision on the Right to Die (1996) 4 Journal of Law and Medicine 15-17.
• United States Recognition of the right to die (1996) 3 Journal of Law and Medicine 308-310.

Media publications

• Regulation of event first aid services at music festivals, Channel 10 News, interview
• ‘Liability for ambulance fees’. ABC News 24 interview- 19 July 2018. Radio 2SER interview, 25 July 2018.
• Sherele Moody ‘Firefighters need a proper compensation plan, says expert’ The Daily Examiner, 6th Aug 2015.
• Interview regarding building controls in fire prone areas, The Project,Channel 10, 3 February 2014.
• Bushfire CRC Webinar, ‘Learning Lessons from Disasters’, 12 December 2013.
• Interview regarding Blue Mountains Bushfires and NSW State of Emergency, Sky News,21 October 2013.
• Interview regarding bush fire mitigation, Sky News, 14 October 2013.
• ‘In the Chair‘, Emergency Planning College (York, UK), 10 September 2013.
• With Bergin, A ‘Recriminations follow natural disasters’ The Australian, 30 March 2012.
• With Townsend, R ‘Resignation now could help O’Shane preserve a proud legacy’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 February 2012.
• Interview regarding legal issues arising out of the Canberra (2003) bushfires, The Law Report, ABC Radio National, 17 February 2009.
• Interview regarding false calls to Queensland ambulance, QUT Radio 15 September 2008.
• Interview regarding compulsory evacuation in Victoria, ABC Regional Radio, Statewide Drive a (Victoria),1 September 2008.

Online documents

• Australian Emergency Law blog.
• Australian bushfire cases: A table of reported and unreported cases dealing with issues of liability for causing, or failing to control, bushfires.