It's not only a lodestone for any comics who incorporate surreal slapstick into their act (from Vic and Bob to Wood and Walters; Mrs Two-Lumps' jittery delivery of the coffee is a not-so-dry run for Two Soups), it's also a fitting tribute to homo erectus and the many creative ways that his descendants continue to put one foot in front of the other.
People detained in prison requiring court ordered or involuntary assessment and treatment are transferred to the Victorian secure forensic hospital under the Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic).
On 6 April 1881, Governor Augustus Loftus assented to Act 44 Vic.
An early split (Upper Miocene-Upper Pliocene) occurred between lineages in south-eastern Australia (XII: TAS; XIII: ACT, Northern VIC, bioregion of South Eastern Highland and Australian Alps) and the other (northern and western) conspecifics, followed by a second split between eastern (XI: NSW, South Eastern Highland) and western populations (IX to X: VIC and SA) in the Upper-Lower Pliocene.
Victoria was one of the first jurisdictions in the world to introduce legislation [ Infertility (Medical Procedures) Act 1984 (Vic)] regulating donor-assisted conception (Johnson et al., 2012).
Subsequent legislation, the Infertility Treatment Act 1995 (Vic), enacted in 1998, removed the necessity for the donor's consent to release information to the donor-conceived person.
VARTA, a statutory authority responsible for ART-related public education and community consultation and administration of aspects of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 (Vic), contracted researchers from Monash University to conduct interviews with donors who agreed to take part in the consultation.
Subsequent legislation [ Infertility Treatment Act 1995 (Vic)], enacted in 1998 and affecting donations made from that date, required the donor to consent, at the time of donating, to the release of identifying information upon the request of a donor-conceived person.
Although retrospective release of identifying information has occurred with adoption (Adoption Act 1984 (Vic)), retrospective release of identifying donor information has no precedent anywhere in the world and the implications for donors and their families of introducing a law that removes donor anonymity with retrospective effect are unknown.
Endogenous DNA amount was quantified by a primer/probe set against the murine β-actin gene (β-Act sense: 5′-AGAGGGAAATCGTGCGTGAC-3′; β-Act antisense: 5′-CAATAGTGATGACCTGGCCGT-3′; β-Act probe: VIC 5′-CACTGCCGCATCCTCTTCCTCCC-3′).
