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New PNG securities legislation on the horizon
The PNG Government has announced it will introduce new legislation to repeal and replace the Securities Act 1997 and set up the Securities Commission as an independent government agency Senior Associate Ryan Warokra reports ...
Confidentiality lost in court – restraining an independent contractor
An independent contractor kept and used a client list, but the New South Wales Court of Appeal decided the list had lost its confidentiality because it had been disclosed in court. ...
The Workpac decision – are your casuals really casual?
The Full Federal Court in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene [2018] recently decided that a casual fly-in fly-out labour hire worker was not really a casual and was therefore entitled to annual leave. ...
A cautionary tale – let sleeping employees lie
A recent Fair Work Commission decision has confirmed that procedural deficiencies will render a dismissal unfair even where the dismissal involves serious misconduct. ...
Are your employees entitled to unpaid family and domestic violence leave?
All modern award-covered employees, including casual employees, are now entitled to a new form of leave to deal with family and domestic violence. ...
The beginning of the end of the unit trust's monopoly? CCIV legislation and ASIC guidance
Avid readers of Unravelled over the past few years cannot have failed to notice that there are moves afoot to introduce two new forms of collective investment vehicle each promising a shiny tax-neutral alternative to the unit trust and hopefully saving Australian lawyers a lot of sleepless nights ...
Pseudo-investments and mobile apps - a new frontier for regulators
It is hardly surprising that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ASIC has taken an interest in the mobile app market given that there has been an aggressive expansion into the mobile space by financial services providers ASIC has recently cracked down on web and mobile based OTC ...
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 ...
The Royal Commission heats up
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking Superannuation and Financial Services Industry is well underway with its first round of public hearings wrapping up less than a month ago By reference to a number of case studies the first round of hearings focused on consumer lending practices In ...
Video: UN's Big Data-Open Data consultation process: Insights from Professor Joseph Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
We recently had the privilege of catching up with Prof Joseph Cannataci the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy to discuss the UNs Big Data - Open Data consultation process Watch the video for his insights on the rapidly changing global privacy landscape ...