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Round 1: Experiences with consumer lending practices
Issues 11 Feb 2019

In the Final Report, the Commissioner has found that, for the most part, whilst the legislative tools necessary to protect borrowers are already available, there have been significant shortcomings in their application and enforcement. ...

Round 5: Superannuation
Issues 11 Feb 2019

Perhaps the biggest issue dealt with in the superannuation hearings is how various forms of conflicts create perverse incentives for trustees to not comply with their duties. ...

Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update: December 2018 - January 2019
Insight 01 Feb 2019

In this update we review the progress of rule changes across the period of December 2018-January 2019 and take a closer look at the AEMCs proposed changes to the regulatory regime for embedded networks ...

ALRC's class action report - a 'canary in the coal-mine'?
Insight 30 Jan 2019

The Australian Law Reform Commission has released its much-anticipated final report on class actions and litigation funding which makes a broad range of recommendations intended to bring the modern class action landscape back into line with the regimes original objectives Partners Jenny Campbell and ...

The future age of AI
Insight 01 Feb 2019

We will be able to cease speculation on what is in or not in the Final Report of the Financial Services Royal Commission on Monday evening or after whatever time it takes to read and digest ...

Allens advises Sumitomo Australia on Infinite Energy acquisition
News 25 Jan 2019

Infinite Energy operates across various sectors of the WA energy industry, including providing power solutions for large commercial and industrial customers, selling solar photovoltaic ( PV ) and ...

Productivity Commission's report on superannuation - an odd mix of recommendations
Insight 01 Feb 2019

The Productivity Commission's report on superannuation has provided an odd mix of reccomendations ranging from uncontroversial to outright bizarre, Senior Regulatory Counsel Michael Mathieson writes. ...

Farmer fact sheet has a crop of false claims; ACCC cleans up contracts; ACCC quick to launch proceedings against internet speed advertising.
Insight 23 Jan 2019

In Touch looks at what's been happening in Competition this month and what it means for your business ...

Dismissal for scab-calling unfair
Insight 19 Jan 2019

The Full Bench of the FWC decided that an employer's decision to summarily dismiss an employee for calling another worker a 'f***ing scab' during protracted industrial disputation was unfair ...

Defective IFA survives to defeat underpayment claim
Insight 19 Jan 2019

The FCC rejected a truck driver's underpayment claim, finding that the terms of an individual flexibility arrangement applied to his employment, despite it not complying with the relevant legal requirements. ...

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