The State Development Bill 2025 was introduced to WA Parliament on 10 September 2025. The Government has referred to the Bill as "Bold new legislation…to unlock strategic precincts, fast-track ...

ASIC’s review is driven by three overarching concerns: market opacity, growing systemic risk and heightened investor-protection imperatives. This private market reform agenda is part of a global ...

Acting promptly, keeping records and enforcing security instruments to recover losses are all key when dealing with a tenant who can't pay rent.

The ACCC has had two notable wins in its program of cartels enforcement, with the Full Federal Court dismissing two separate appeals from BlueScope Steel and Delta Building Automation – and in the ...

The Australian Treasury has released its quarterly report on foreign investment for 1 October to 31 December 2024 ( Q2 2024/25 ), offering insights into foreign investment activity in Australia, ...

Victorian Agencies and Suppliers should be building in the changes introduced by the Local Jobs First Amendment Act 2025 (Vic), some of which commenced on 1 August, and the remainder are due to start ...

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 unfair contract term (UCT) regime in the Australian Consumer Law and ASIC Act has been a significant part of Australian contract law for over a decade. The regime applies to consumer contracts and ...

Initially foreshadowed in late 2022, and following community consultation which commenced in 2019, the WA Government has this month introduced Bills to implement its proposed new privacy and ...

To use the newly introduced “public interest defence”, it's vitally important for a publisher to demonstrate that the steps they took to inform themselves of matters relevant to their belief were ...

Property claims, especially lien claims, are common in the current environment of supply chain disruption and delay. Most contractual, statutory and common law lien claims, including where the ...