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Amendments to PPS lease law - what you need to know
This Insight considers the effect of amendments to the Personal Property Securities regime, which are designed to reduce the PPSAs impact on the equipment hiring industry. ...
Australia's foreign investment regime - regulatory burden reduced
Significant changes to Australias foreign investment regime came into effect on 1 July 2017 intended to address concerns regarding this regime raised since its introduction in December 2015 The amendments reduce the regulatory burden in a number of key ways and will impact a range of foreign ...
Productivity Commission on super system competitiveness and efficiency
With all the media attention on the Governments surprise announcement of its proposed package on improving accountability and member outcomes in super last week you would be forgiven if the Productivity Commissions latest issues paper on competitiveness and efficiency in the super system had slipped ...
Northern Territory's bold renewable energy target
The NT Government has released the Roadmap to Renewables report which considers how the Government could successfully implement a policy to achieve half of the Territorys energy requirements from renewable sources by 2030 ...
The ESC's draft decision on first round of amendments to the Energy Retail Code
While the Federal Government gives further consideration to implementation of the ACCCs recommendations relating to retail tariffs and retailer behaviour the Victorian Essential Services Commission has been progressing reforms proposed by the Independent Review into the Electricity and Gas Retail ...
Allens acts on landmark municipal note program
Allens has acted for the Municipal Association of Victoria in connection with the establishment of Australia's first municipal note program, the Local Government Funding Vehicle. The inaugural $240 ...
Carbon pollution reduction schemes? - China one way, Australia the other?
As part of its commitment to solving serious air pollution problems the Chinese Government has launched a variety of pilot schemes that will eventually pave the way for the establishment of a national emissions trading market These steps are in marked contrast to the position in Australia where the ...
Streamlining environmental approvals for offshore petroleum projects
A new regime that streamlines the environmental approvals process for petroleum activities in Commonwealth waters will place a greater responsibility on the titleholder of a tenement rather than the operator Partner Chris Schulz and Senior Associate Eve Lynch provide an overview of the changes ...
Emissions Reduction Fund White Paper released
The Federal Government has released its White Paper on the design of the Emissions Reduction Fund Partner Grant Anderson reports ...
Government moves to abolish ACNC
The Federal Government has taken the first step towards achieving its announced intention of abolishing the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and transferring some of its functions to the Australian Taxation Office and the yet-to-be-established National Centre for Excellence ...