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The Australian Government has now released Draft Guidance on how the Community Benefit Principles are to be applied to Future Made in Australia supports, with public feedback due by 2 February 2026.

See sections 93-96. Before asking for the landlord's consent to assign or sublet a lease, the tenant must give a prospective assignee or subtenant a copy of the DS and details of any material change ...

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 ...

The Copyright Tribunal’s determination in the Isentia matter, upheld by the Full Federal Court, sets a clear precedent for the Tribunal both as to its statutory ...

The second-term energy and climate agenda of the Australian Labor Government is more defined than ever – and more exposed. Labor’s policy architecture is ambitious, but execution risk remains high ...

Similar in many ways to the notifiable data breaches scheme under the Commonwealth privacy regime, IPP Entities will need to have appropriate policies and procedures in place to meet new notification ...

The recent decision in Waller v Barrett is significant because the Court determined that the Australian common law should now recognise a cause of action for serious invasions of privacy, which could ...

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 ...

COP30 is expected to set the direction for global climate policy and markets over the next decade, presenting both significant challenges and new opportunities for Australian businesses in the face of ...

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 ...