In exciting news for foreign financial service providers (FFSPs), the Australian Government has announced new proposals to reform the foreign financial services licensing regime following a lengthy period of uncertainty and ongoing transitional arrangements. ...

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of February, as well as take a closer look at AEMO's rule change request in relation to integrating consumer energy resources into the NEM. ...

The government has recently released the Hydrogen Headstart program and a consultation paper on the review of the National Hydrogen Strategy. In this Insight, we provide an overview of these consultation papers and the key takeaways for the hydrogen industry. ...

The Full Federal Court has refused Optus' appeal from a Federal Court decision rejecting its legal privilege claim over a factual investigation report commissioned in response to a data breach, on the basis that Optus had not established that the report was prepared for the dominant purpose of legal ...

The benchmark suggests that while LLMs can summarise well-understood areas of law effectively, they should not be used for dispensing Australian law advice without expert human supervision due to ...

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of May. We also take a closer look at the AEMC's final report in relation to the interim reliability measure published on 25 May. ...

In this Insight, we summarise the key provisions of state and territory Human Rights Acts and consider when (and to whom) they apply. As these acts are now in force in the ACT, Victoria and Queensland, we also consider what a similar instrument could look like in other states and territories. ...

The last 24 months have seen generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools advance in leaps and bounds, powered by remarkable developments in large language models (LLMs). Their new capabilities are already having significant impact on the way firms operate, including the legal function. ...

The WA and Federal Governments have recently announced significant funding and regulatory support packages to accelerate the development of Western Australia into a critical minerals powerhouse. ...

Ever since feed-in tariffs (FiTs) expired for solar power projects (31 December 2020) and wind power projects (31 October 2021), the Vietnamese Government has prevaricated over the legal framework to develop solar and wind power projects including, most importantly, the pricing mechanisms. ...