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Reforming Energy Costs in VIC: the Energy Legislation Amendment (Victorian Default Offer) Bill 2019

On 19 February 2019, the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Ms D’Ambrosio, introduced the Energy Legislation Amendment (Victorian Default Offer) Bill 2019 (VIC) (‘the Bill’) to...

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26 February 2019

Parliamentary Joint Committee Report on 4th Tranche to MySuper Legislation

With the current passage of the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Service Providers and Other Governance Measures) Bill 2012, a Parliamentary Joint Committee report has been released...

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7 February 2013

Intervention Order Served Via Facebook

A recent article by Clayton Utz investigates the possibility that social networking sites can now become a place for legal processing.

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23 November 2010

New R18+ rating for computer games in NSW

Violent computer games will now be subject to R18+ ratings in NSW to protect young people from harmful and disturbing material.

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20 September 2012

Legal Services Board v Gillespie-Jones [2013] HCA 35: Legal Practitioner's Fidelity Fund

Today the High Court unanimously allowed an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which had held that the respondent was entitled to make a claim for...

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14 August 2013

TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v The Judges Of The Federal Court Of Australia [2013] HCA 5

The High Court today has unanimously dismissed an appeal in the case of TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v The Judges Of The Federal Court Of Australia [2013] HCA 5.

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13 March 2013

NSW: New Powers of Attorney Amendment Bill 2013 Passed

The NSW Parliament passed the Powers of Attorney Amendment Bill 2013 on 1 May. It proposes substantial changes to the Powers of Attorney Act 2003 (NSW).

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8 May 2013

NSW New Strata Scheme Changes Announced

Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts has announced today that with the review of strata and community title in New South Wales now complete, new strata by-laws and other changes to current...

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4 November 2013

Multicultural Recognition Act 2016 in Queensland

The Queensland Government has given assent (on 4 March 2016) to the Multicultural Recognition Act 2016 (No. 1 of 2016). The Act sets out to recognise the valuable contribution of diverse groups of...

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9 March 2016

Australians Should Be Paying $10 Billion Per Year Less in Super Fees: Grattan Institute

The Grattan Institute has released a report that claims that Australians are paying superannuation fees and expenses that are up to three times higher than what they should be.  The report, Super...

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29 April 2014

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 passed awaiting assent

The Bill amends the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 giving effect the government says to a 2010 election campaign commitment to support gender equality and improve workforce...

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26 November 2012

South Australia Assents Mental Health (Review) Amendment Act 2016

The Mental Health (Review) Amendment Act 2016 has been passed by the South Australian Parliament and was assented last week on 14 July 2016.  The amending Act is the result ofa review of the...

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18 July 2016

[Draft] Superannuation Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (Cth)

The draft Superannuation Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 has been introduced to the Federal Parliament, the purpose being to give effect to changes arising from legislation implementing...

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12 November 2012

Consumer Case Law Update: 26 April 2012

The Federal Court has handed down its judgment in Postorino v Track ‘N’ Find [2012] FMCA 342 (24 April 2012), following is a catchword summary:

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26 April 2012

Twitter Sues US Government Saying Free Speech Restricted By National Security Laws

As the debate over the new national security laws continues in Australia, other countries are also considering the issue of privacy and government surveillance over the internet.  Last week,...

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14 October 2014

Director and Executive Remuneration Measures to improving Accountability

The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 passed the Senate on 26 June 2011. The Bill has a range of measures intended to implements...

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21 June 2011

Private Members' Ethical Cosmetics Bill 2016 in Commonwealth

On 29 February 2016, Private Member Clare O'Neill MP introduced the Ethical Cosmetics Bill 2016 (the Bill). The bill aims to ban the practice of testing cosmetics on live animals in Australia, and...

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8 March 2016

Supreme Court Of Victoria Recognises Tort Of Intimidation: Boral v CFMEU [2014] VSC 429

The Supreme Court of Victoria has stated that the tort of intimidation is currently part of Australian common law in Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union...

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28 October 2014

New Victims of Crime Amendment Acts in ACT and SA

At the end of March 2016, two new Acts in ACT and SA were assented to make changes to financial assistance for victims and victim's compensation.

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4 April 2016

Cth Introduces Bill to Improve Native Title Claims Process

On 17 October, the Attorney General, Mr Christian Porter introduced and gave the second reading speech for the Native Title Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 (Cth) (‘the Bill’) to the House of...

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22 October 2019