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New environmental responsibilities for corporates, officers, financiers and others in Queensland
Insight 16 Mar 2016

The Queensland Government proposes new powers to compel related bodies corporate executive officers financiers and shareholders and a select category of related persons to satisfy the environmental obligations of companies operating in Queensland The Chain of Responsibility concept has been proposed ...

Contractors face uphill battle restraining security calls
Insight 07 Mar 2016

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has dismissed a subcontractors application for an interlocutory injunction restraining a call on a bank guarantee Partners Nick Rudge and Jeremy Quan-Sing and Lawyer Evan Lacey discuss the decision and its implications ...

Environment Minister appoints Wind Farm Committee and Commissioner
Insight 19 Oct 2015

Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has appointed Andrew Dyer as Australias first National Wind Farm Commissioner and has announced the membership of the Independent Scientific Committee on Wind Turbines The Commissioner and the Committee will report separately to the Australian Parliament on ...

Allens insights: World Bank: Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016 report
Insight 11 Nov 2015

The World Bank has released its Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016 report which provides comparable data on regulatory environments that affect the ability of private companies to do business with governments in 77 economies Allens Partner Leighton OBrien and Linklaters Counsel Julia ...

Plan Melbourne: refresh of Victoria's metropolitan planning strategy
Insight 16 Nov 2015

Housing affordability climate change and energy efficiency are key focuses of the discussion paper recently released by the Victorian Planning Minster which aims to refresh the current Melbourne Metropolitan Planning strategy Plan Melbourne The paper draws upon the detailed report prepared by the ...

Glencore's Newcastle success opens the channel for further access regulation
Insight 01 Jun 2016

Glencore has succeeded in its bid to have the access to the Newcastle shipping channel declared under Australias national access regime The Australian Competition Tribunals decision reversed the acting Treasurers decision and has settled for now the uncertainty about the interpretation of the ...

New PPP guidelines for NSW
Insight 28 Jul 2017

The NSW Government has released updated guidelines that govern the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process in NSW and will provide welcome assistance to both NSW Government agencies and bidding consortiums. ...

Full Court dismisses Port of Newcastle access appeal
Insight 18 Aug 2017

The Full Federal Court has dismissed the Port of Newcastles application for review of the Australian Competition Tribunals decision to declare the Ports shipping channel service under the National Access Regime The Full Courts decision confirms the interpretation of the current declaration criteria ...

New corporate collective investment vehicle exposure draft legislation released
Insight 25 Aug 2017

The Federal Government today released exposure draft legislation for the new corporate collective investment vehicle one of the two forms of collective investment vehicle that it pledged to develop as part of the 2016-2017 budget Partners Marc Kemp and Charles Armitage and Senior Overseas ...

The new corporate collective investment vehicle: Wholesale application?
Insight 07 Sep 2017

This Insight considers whether the new Corporate Collective Inestment Vehichle is likely to replace the unit trust as the vehicle of choice for wholesale (as opposed to retail) fund structures. ...

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