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Navigating the energy transition
Insight 08 Jun 2021

Australia is rapidly transitioning away from a centralised, coal-based energy system to one that is more decentralised and focused on renewable energy. This transition is being accompanied by increasing scrutiny of the human rights performance of renewables projects, including new benchmarking and a greater number of complaints. It is critical to know what practical steps to take towards implementing and embedding a strong approach to human rights compliance. ...

Gas pipeline reforms update
Insight 10 Jun 2021

The Energy National Cabinet Reform Committee has released a Decision Regulation Impact Statement (DRIS) identifying a proposed package of reforms for gas pipeline regulation in Australia. ...

Current, emerging and future issues in Agribusiness
Insight 03 Jun 2021

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has become increasingly active in the agriculture industry through market inquiries, codes of conduct, enforcement action and a push for the introduction of a new prohibition on unfair trading practices. ...

Pilot grounded after 65th birthday
Insight 02 Jun 2021

A pilot successfully stopped Qantas from implementing its decision to terminate his employment after he lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) alleging age discrimination. ...

NSW takes a further step towards an industrial manslaughter offence
Insight 02 Jun 2021

On 5 May 2021 the NSW Government introduced the Work Health and Safety Amendment (Industrial Manslaughter) Bill 2021 (the Bill), in a further step towards creating an industrial manslaughter offence in the state. ...

Allens advises QAF on Rivalea sale
News 10 Jun 2021

The sale includes 100 per cent of Rivalea Holdings Pty Ltd and 100 per cent of Oxdale Dairy Enterprise Pty Ltd, the combined group being an integrated pork producer in Australia with feed mills, pi ...

Nucleus – corporate law developments: ASIC leadership changes and other updates
Insight 26 May 2021

ASIC leadership changes; ASX advises constitution amendments for CHESS replacement, and launches consultation on oil and gas reporting amendments; ACCC teams up with UK and German competition regulators on merger control; Federal Court upholds record diesel emissions penalty ...

'Your Future, Your Super' exposure draft regulations – what they mean for the super industry
Insight 27 May 2021

We have outlined the exposure draft regulations and our take on the implications for the super industry if they are made as proposed. ...

WA director jailed for workplace fatality
Insight 26 May 2021

A small business owner in Western Australia has become the first individual sentenced to imprisonment under the state's work health and safety (WHS) laws following the death of one worker and serious injury of another. The company has also been fined a total of $605,000 for gross negligence and for breaching safety regulations. ...

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