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Post-election policy recap
As the dust settles following the recent federal election it is a good time to reflect on what we can expect from the re-elected Coalition Government for the financial services sector There are two main groups of policy proposals that are going to need to get through Parliament The first is the ...
Conflicts of interest and the duty to manage them
The Corporations Act 2001 Cth was amended in 2004 to include an additional obligation for Australian financial services licensees to have in place adequate arrangements for the management of conflicts of interest that may arise in relation to the activities undertaken by the licensees in the ...
Costs before Caution - Australia's unique approach to the interchangeability of biosimilars
Recent developments in Australia suggest that there has been a deliberate prioritisation of the cost benefits of facilitating biosimilar interchangeability over the safety and efficacy risks that can arise when biosimilars are used interchangeably ...
Discussion Paper: Biologic medicines and biosimilars in the Australian landscape - The challenges and the opportunities
Allens is engaging with stakeholders on the challenges and opportunities presented by biosimilars As part of this engagement we highlight a number of key issues for discussion and comment ...
Financial advice and fees - ASIC reports
ASIC released its report Financial advice Fees for no service today It says that there has been a systemic failure by advice licensees within some of the major banks and AMP to provide ongoing advice in return for ongoing fees The report relates chiefly to arrangements between licensees and clients ...
Employment Law
In this issue we look at how redundancies can breach enterprise agreement provisions whether union officials can exercise their right of entry entitlements before or after work reasonable notice terms in employment contracts and the processes a labour hire company should follow before dismissing an ...
Life insurance, conflicted remuneration and commissions
The Bill to amend the conflicted remuneration provisions in the Corporations Act for life insurance has been introduced into Parliament a second time and draft regulations have been released for comment However we struggle to know how to describe them because the changes seem to have conflicting ...
Queensland foreign stamp duty surcharge - relief guidelines issued
New relief guidelines have been issued on Queensland's foreign stamp duty surcharge ...
Amendments to Retail Leases Act (NSW)
New legislation has been introduced into the NSW Parliament that if passed will make significant amendments to a number of the provisions of the existing legislation governing retail shop leases ...
Employment Law
This Insight considers recent developments in Employment Law. ...