Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

	Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Cameron Billingsley, Salesh Balak, and Mark Morrison, signing
singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capcacity
as a director of Universal Biosensors Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5
(and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules thereunder;

(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, and 5
and timely file such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this limited power of attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisit,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this limited power of attorney and all rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsbilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

	This limited power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in securities issued by, the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this limited power of attorney
to be executed as of this 28th day of April, 2008.


		/s/ Elizabeth Wilson

		Elizabeth Wilson
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