The Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix is a snapshot of need-to-know news on a range of ESD issues nationally. This edition focuses on the latest in significant Federal law reforms ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ( OAIC) has issued a clear warning: the New Year will begin with a “compliance sweep” of privacy policies. Businesses that collect personal ...

The Australian Government has now released Draft Guidance on how the Community Benefit Principles are to be applied to Future Made in Australia supports, with public feedback due by 2 February 2026.

The Supreme Court of Victoria rejected a novel, ratcheted Group Costs Order ( GCO) in Peter Collens and Gai Collens ATF the Collens Superannuation Fund v Mineral Resources Limited and Anor preferring ...

If passed, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Genetic Testing Protections in Life Insurance and Other Measures) Bill 2025 will create the following three new licensing exemptions, replacing the current ...

The Federal Government has released exposure draft legislation (the Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Bill 2025 ), accompanying draft regulations and explanatory / ...

When ASIC released its Capital Markets Roadmap (REP 823) in November, it foreshadowed the introduction of an “easily-referenced regulatory guidance catalogue” for funds management. That commitment has ...

This week, the Australian Treasurer enacted new regulations to outlaw excessive pricing by Australian supermarkets. These regulations will come into force on 1 July 2026. The Treasurer announced the ...

There are a number of GST issues that can arise in the complex property development space, such as non-monetary consideration, the application of the margin scheme and rules dealing with overpaid GST.

With just two weeks before Australia’s new mandatory merger regime goes live on 1 January 2026, Treasury made some significant amendments that narrow the scope of the incoming requirements to notify ...