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Senate calls for rewards and increased protections for whistleblowers
Insight 03 Oct 2017

A broadened definition of whistleblower reforms to establish greater protections for whistleblowers and increased sanctions for retaliatory conduct are some of the recommendations by a Senate committee looking into whistleblower protections in the corporate public and not-for-profit sector We expect ...

National Energy Guarantee
Insight 28 Nov 2017

The Energy Security Board recently released a report summarising the results of its modelling of the Federal Governments new energy policy the National Energy Guarantee The Energy Security Boards report was considered by the COAG Energy Council at its meeting on 24 November 2017 and gives an insight ...

Public authorities - reduced protection against negligence
Insight 19 Dec 2014

In coming to a recent decision the Queensland Supreme Court has taken a narrow view of a section of that states civil liability legislation that was designed to limit the liability of public authorities in Queensland Partner Nicholas Ng and Senior Associate Goran Gelic report on this decision and ...

PNG's ownership of minerals and hydrocarbons
Insight 29 Apr 2014

The Papua New Guinea Constitution will be amended to reflect the states ownership of hydrocarbons and minerals under proposals to be put before the PNG Parliament Partner Vaughan Mills and Senior Associate Sarah Kuman report on the implications of these amendments ...

Rural leasehold in Queensland now more attractive for investors
Insight 21 May 2014

New legislation in Queensland that implements a range of reforms for leasehold land has been passed and will commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation The reforms will provide greater security of tenure for rural leaseholders and are likely to make such leases more attractive to investors ...

Polluter pays principle in action
Insight 23 Feb 2016

In a recent decision of the Victorian Supreme Court a Melbourne municipal council was held liable to compensate a landowner for the costs that were incurred by the landowner in the course of complying with a clean-up notice issued under the Environment Protection Act 1970 Vic despite the pollution ...

The Public-Private Partnership Law Review
Insight 18 May 2016

Partners David Donnelly and Nicholas Ng examine public-private partnerships PPPs in Australia including the year in review the general framework bidding and award procedures recent decisions and the outlook for 2015 ...

Allens advises Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on $1.6 billion consortium acquisition of PEXA
News 27 Nov 2018

Allens has advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners ( MSIP ) on its proposed acquisition, alongside consortium members Link Administration Holdings Limited and Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ...

Allens advises The GEO Group on Fulham Prison expansion
News 16 Nov 2018

Allens has advised The GEO Group Australia on the expansion of the Fulham Correctional Centre in Sale, Victoria. Allens advised on procurement, legal and commercial aspects of the expansion, which ...

Allens advises BAE on $35bn Australian Navy shipbuilding program
News 21 Dec 2018

Allens has advised BAE Systems on its involvement in the Commonwealth's $35 billion Hunter class frigate ( HCF ) shipbuilding program for the Royal Australian Navy. Signed by the Minister for ...

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