Following announcements in April about next steps in the Federal Government's 'Nature Positive' reforms (see our previous Insight here), three Bills have been tabled in Parliament to implement Stage 2 of the three stages of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1 ...

The investment, to be managed by QIC on behalf of the Queensland Government, will see PsiQuantum secure its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Brisbane, supporting Australia's manufacturing and productio ...

Connecting the Onslow Iron Project at Ken's Bore mine to the Port of Ashburton in Western Australia, the haul road is a significant transport solution designed to unlock billions of tonnes of ...

From 1 July 2024, under the Commercial and Industrial Property Tax Reform Act 2024 (Vic) (the Act), which seeks to implement 'transformational' tax reform for commercial and industrial property, such property will be subject to stamp duty for a final time when it is next sold or otherwise transacted ...

Lenders need to respond effectively to hardship notices. ASIC reviewed ten large home loan lenders to understand how they are supporting customers experiencing financial hardship. ...

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of March, as well as take a closer look at the AER's first steps in developing the Wholesale Demand Response Participation Guidelines. ...

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the months of December and January, as well as take a closer look at the ESB's progress on the interim Renewable Energy Zone framework. ...

As the dust settles on a raft of COVID-19 related disruptions to various proposed legislative and regulatory reforms, the Allens team takes stock of the current regulatory reform proposals in the superannuation, funds and insurance sectors which have been mooted for the tail end of 2020 and early 2021. ...

Guidance highlighting the necessity of being transparent when undertaking data analytics on personal information as well as other matters that organisations should consider so as to better manage compliance risk when undertaking data analytics has been released Partner Michael Morris Lawyer Jaclyn ...

Two recent trade mark disputes illustrate that even where marks share similar elements, they are unlikely to be deceptively similar if the overall impression created by each mark is substantially different. ...