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Queensland's new framework for the development of the deep gas and oil industry
The Queensland Government has released a plan to encourage the viability of the emerging unconventional deep gas and oil industry Partner Igor Bogdanich Managing Associate John Hedge and Lawyer Ellie Mulholland analyse the recommended changes to Queenslands onshore petroleum regulatory framework ...
100 member rule to be abolished
The 100 member rule for convening company meetings will be abolished under legislative amendments introduced into Parliament this week following consultation by the Federal Government on draft legislation earlier this year Proposed streamlining of remuneration disclosure obligations is also still ...
Allens insights: Strong ECM volumes to continue
Partners and Co-Heads of the Equity capital Markets Practice Julian Donnan and Robert Pick conduct a roundtable discussion on the latest developments in ECM ...
ASIC's employee incentive scheme class orders - new and improved
After much anticipation ASIC has released new employee incentive scheme class order relief Partner Greg Bosmans and Special Counsel Gadi Bloch members of Allens Head Office Governance team report on the implications for listed and unlisted companies ...
Federal Court rules liquidator needn't account for tax on sale of assets
The Full Federal Court has held that a liquidator has no obligation to retain monies on account of tax until a notice of assessment has been issued While the decision is a win for taxpayers and creditors of insolvent entities it remains to be seen how the Commissioner of Taxation will respond ...
Indonesia passes new law affecting insurance businesses
Investors in the insurance sector should take note of a number of important new ornotable concepts that were introduced in a new law on insurance the New Law that waspassed by the Indonesian Parliament on 23 September 2014 The New Law replaced the nowoutdated 1992 Insurance Law the Old Law As well ...
New developments in Mongolia - government restructure and new permitting regime
The Mongolian Government has been particularly active in the first half of October introducing changes to Ministerial responsibilities and a draft Law that if enacted would reform the nations permitting regime These developments will be of interest to existing and prospective investors in Mongolia ...
Will Queensland reform its biodiscovery regime?
The Federal Government proposed significant changes to the regulation of biodiscovery earlier this year when it released a model for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol Partner Michael Morris and Associate Julieane Bull report on the potential flow-on effects for Queenslands regulatory regime ...
Exemptions issued for new Regulation 70 regime in Indonesia's retail sector
To introduce more competition into the Indonesian retail sector the Indonesian Ministry of Trade Regulation No 70 of 2013 became effective in June thisyear The Ministry of Trade has now issued a new Regulation amending certain provisions in Regulation 70 and introducing some exemptions to the ...
First phase of new PNG environmental regime may commence as early as next week
The Papua New Guinea Government has indicated that the first phase of PNGs new environmental regime may commence as early as 1 December 2014 Senior Associate Ryan Warokra reports on the impact the new legislation will have ...