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 ...

While the decision in the Same Job, Same Pay case only applies to this particular group of workers, host businesses will need to prepare for labour hire employees and/or unions seeking increased rates ...

Material adverse change or effect (MAC) clauses are a common feature in M&A transactions, especially in the public M&A space. These clauses are intended to protect buyers by allowing them to walk away ...

This morning the Attorney-General tabled before Parliament the Australian Government’s initial tranche of proposed privacy reforms in the form of the Privacy and ...

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 ...

Once you have made it through the Good Faith Bargaining process and have a proposed agreement which has been negotiated, the next step is to ask employees to vote on it. This sounds rather simple, ...

The ACCC will be carefully reviewing goodwill protection restraints in sale contracts of all notified mergers, and may take enforcement action where those restraints are too broadly cast. The Treasury ...

Statutory interpretation is the process by which the courts interpret and apply legislation. This process can be difficult for any interpreter of legislation due to the imprecise and uncertain nature ...

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 ...

The statistics are in – and it's sobering news for those who want to be heard by the highest court in the land. "So… what are our chances of winning in the High Court?" It's a question we often get ...

The NSW Government has introduced into Parliament a Bill which proposes the most radical changes to NSW planning laws in the last decade. The changes proposed in the Environmental Planning and ...

Employers must be aware of the new Payday Super obligations and ensure their payroll administration systems are ready or risk significant penalties. The Government's Payday Super reforms were first ...