Some industry concerns, however, have been addressed
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Yesterday, the Federal Government introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 (the Bill) to the Parliament, marking a significant shift in Australia’s merger regime. From 1 January 2026, Australia will adopt a mandatory and suspensory administrative merger process. New merger authorisation
The rationale for mandatory reporting is the Government’s limited visibility over threats to the private sector and the current underreporting of ransomware payments.
A ransomware reporting regime has previously been supported by both major parties so we expect this reporting regime will receive bipartisan support.
Two key elements of the Government’s proposal are:
An important part of Australia’s green energy future
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Following an extensive consultation period, the Federal Government has introduced the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill (the GO Bill) to Parliament. As a key pillar of the Federal Government’s policy designed to accelerate Australia’s transition to net zero, the long-awaited Guarantee
The latest issues, decisions and proposed changes impacting business and workplace risk
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Fair Work Act changes have now commenced
By: Tarsha Gavin, Lawrence Mai, Ruby Evans
Time to review contractual arrangements and processes
As foreshadowed in our August Insight, the second tranche of changes introduced by the Closing Loopholes amendments commenced
How companies can stay ahead of evolving campaigns
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Shareholder activists are increasingly using novel tactics to influence the strategies of companies. While campaigns continue to focus on the full spectrum of key issues like M&A activity, business operations and strategy, regulatory concerns and ESG-related matters, we are seeing a change in the
Key changes to energy rules
In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of August, as well as take a closer look at the AER’s final decision on retail performance reporting procedures and guidelines.
Key takeaways
National electricity rules
Climate change, biodiversity and First Nations rights in focus
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Australian businesses continue to face a rapidly evolving litigation landscape in relation to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues.
In this Insight, we spotlight emerging trends, reflect on potential implications for future ESG-related disputes and provide practical guidance on both managing stakeholder expectations
The Bill introduces a new cause of action in tort for intentionally or recklessly intruding upon a person’s seclusion or misusing information that relates to them, in circumstances where a reasonable expectation of privacy exists. The tort will only apply where the invasion of privacy was ‘serious’.
A statutory tort of this kind has been
Shifting risk to the claimant
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The High Court’s recent judgment in Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd has significant implications for parties subject to existing arbitration agreements and that are considering it as a mode of dispute resolution in future contracts.
In this Insight, we analyse the decision and
Climate-related financial disclosure: key features and guidance to prepare
The long-awaited Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth) (the Bill), which introduces the framework for Australia’s first climate-related financial disclosure regime, was passed by Parliament on 9 September 2024.
This pivotal legislation marks a significant shift in the way businesses prepare their
