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Allens advises beverage consortium on NSW container deposit scheme
Allens has advised Exchange for Change , a consortium of five leading beverage companies, on its successful bid for the role of scheme coordinator in the New South Wales Government's container ...
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 ...
PNG Budget looks to improve compliance and strengthen revenue base
The Papua New Guinea Government has delivered its 2015 National Budget which contains a number of amendments to taxation legislation that are part of the Governments efforts to improve compliance and strengthen its revenue base Senior Associate Ryan Warokra reports ...
Capturing value - NSW's ambitious infrastructure programme
Allens Partners Paul Kenny and Tim Stewart hosted a roundtable with the NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian in Sydney involving fund managers and financiers to talk about how the private and public sector can work together to deliver on NSWs ambitious infrastructure programme ...
2017 Budget: increased scrutiny on competition and accountability in the financial system
Treasurer Scott Morrison this week announced that he has tasked the Productivity Commission to review the state of competition in Australias financial system The Budget has also included other measures focused on competition in the financial sector including funding to establish a dedicated ACCC ...
Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update 2018
In this final wrap-up for FY1718 we take a look at the new rule change requests draft and final determinations made in the period April - June 2018 as well as track the progress of other National Electricity Gas and Energy Retail Rule changes currently underway ...
Innovative Superannuation Income Streams - at last
Earlier today Treasury released exposure draft regulations for Innovative Superannuation Income Streams They set out income stream standards that will be relevant for products such as deferred annuities and group self-annuitised products The Allens Superannuation team reports ...
Value capture and getting smart
The Australian Government has identified value capture and innovative financing as key elements of its Smart Cities Plan The move will have significant implications for traditional project finance By Paul Kenny Sector Leader Government and Phillip Cornwell Project Finance Consultant at Allens ...
Employment Law
This Insight examines the latest developments in employment law ...
The Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme - from Bill to Law
The Federal Government recently passed the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act This is an entirely new regulatory scheme that will require persons who undertake activities on behalf of a foreign government or political organisation to register with the Attorney Generals Department if those ...