If currently bargaining, ensure your proposed delegates’ rights clause meets or exceeds the new award standard. Consider including a “most favourable term applies” clause to future-proof your ...

In essence, the High Court affirmed that an indictment for conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office does not require specific articulation of unlawful acts, provided the overall scope of the ...

The Takeovers Panel has released a consultation paper proposing amendments to its Guidance Note 4 ( GN 4 ), which sets out ...

Multiple changes to the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, agreed to with the Greens, have allowed the Federal Government's package of seven Bills to pass Senate this evening. Although detailed ...

Although not easy to obtain, a mandatory injunction is a powerful tool in legal disputes where a party is breaching, or is threatening to breach, its contractual obligations. Mandatory injunctions are ...

The long-anticipated Bills to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) have been introduced in the Commonwealth Parliament. The EPBC Act reform package ...

The Australian Climate Service (a partnership between the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, ABS and Geoscience Australia) has released Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment alongside the ...

Artificial intelligence has rapidly shifted from a niche technology to a central driver of business transformation and efficiency. In just a few years, organisations have adopted a vast array of ...

With the 2035 climate target now locked in, organisations must prepare for sharper policy levers – including changes to the Safeguard Mechanism – to halve national emissions within a decade. On 18 ...

ASIC's message is unambiguous: investment due diligence and compliance oversight are no longer back-office exercises but core fiduciary and operational functions. Recent regulatory action highlights ...

The EPA is significantly reforming its licensing system under the POEO Act, with a focus on introducing near-real time reporting of non-compliances, a new more dynamic risk-based system (to replace 5 ...

Material adverse change or effect (MAC) clauses are a common feature in M&A transactions, especially in the public M&A space. These clauses are intended to protect buyers by allowing them to walk away ...