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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 ...
Proposed Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme to shine light on foreign interests lobbying
The Federal Government has introduced into Parliament legislation that if passed will create the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme which will require persons and entities who have arrangements with or undertake activities for foreign principals to meet certain registration obligations The scheme ...
Strengthening member outcomes in superannuation - APRA's proposals
APRA this week released a discussion paper and draft prudential standards and practice guides. This Insight considers the significant changes it will lead to across the industry. ...
Unitranche financing in the Australian market
As regulatory and political pressure increases on the major banks in Australia alternative credit providers are entering the market with a variety of products to attract borrowers The unitranche loan is an example of one such product Partner Warwick Newell Senior Overseas Practitioner Alex Tonkin ...
Linklaters Insights: Business Crime Quarterly
In the Business Crime Quarterly Autumn 2017 edition our global alliance partner Linklaters examined the extent to which international regulators and prosecutors are increasingly working together to tackle economic crime We contributed summaries on the recently published judgment in the Tabcorp civil ...
Spotlight: (almost) everything you need to know about ransomware
Almost half of all companies experienced at least one cyber ransom incident in 2016 - either a ransomware attack or a ransom denial-of-service attack That same year ransomware attacks cost businesses more than US1 billion worldwide1 a figure expected to reach US5 billion in 2017 and exceed US115 ...
The Australian Cyber Security Centre's 2017 Threat Report
The Australian Cyber Security Centre's 2017 Threat Report addresses the current challenges and emerging trends confronting Australia's digital landscape. ...
Vietnamese competition law reform: what you need to know
Vietnam is undertaking a major overhaul of its competition law framework to bring it into line with current international practice The fifth draft Law on Competition has been submitted to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for review ...
ACCC's Enforcement and Compliance priorities for 2018
A number of industries and issues are in the spotlight following release of the ACCCs 2018 Enforcement and Compliance Priorities by ACCC Chairman Rod Sims on 20 February 2018 The financial services energy commercial construction and agriculture sectors will be a focus in 2018 as well as the ...
Audio: New rules on trading and retail activities in Vietnam
With its young population and fast growing middle class Vietnams trading and retail market has become very attractive to foreign investors in recent years The Vietnamese government has recently issued new regulations Decree 092018ND-CP Decree 09 on trading and trade-related activities of ...