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Nine-year check-in: Draft Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights
For nearly a decade, a United Nations working group has been debating and negotiating the scope and content of a proposed binding treaty on business and human rights. If agreed and ratified, the treaty will represent a major leap forward in the regulation of business human rights. ...
Federal Government releases Cyber Security Strategy
The Australian Government released its 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, outlining its vision of a cyber secure Australia, and how we will get there. ...
ASIC 2024 enforcement priorities
On 21 November, at the ASIC Annual Forum 2023, ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court announced ASIC's enforcement priorities for 2024. The Deputy Chair also addressed ASIC's regulatory enforcement approach generally, by reference to recent criticisms levelled at the regulator. ...
Allens advises on $1.5b acquisition of United Malt Group
The transaction was signed in July 2023 and completed on 15 November 2023, following receipt of various regulatory approvals in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Austria and ...
Allens bolsters employment and safety practice with IR specialist
Sonia joins Allens from Qantas where she was responsible for developing and managing all aspects of Qantas Group's industrial relations portfolio. 'We are pleased to welcome Sonia to the team. She ...
Draft decree details regulatory framework for sea survey rights
The latest draft regulations dealing with allocation of sea areas for marine resource exploitation and use are of keen interest to the many potential investors in Vietnam's nascent offshore wind power industry, whose applications to survey sea areas have been pending new legislation for over a year. ...
Employment and Safety: Reminder of upcoming December 2023 changes and other developments
The latest issues, decisions and proposed changes impacting business and workplace risk. ...
It's riskier not investigating – why your organisation must confront serious allegations
This Insight examines the risks of not investigating allegations of misconduct and sets out some ways you can gauge whether your company is set up to adequately investigate serious allegations. ...
Are data breaches a money laundering and terrorism financing risk?
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has published new guidance recommending that reporting entities assess the potential impact of data breaches on the money laundering and terrorism financing risks they face. In this Insight, we explain the new guidance and what it means. ...