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The High Court has its say on penalties
The high court handed down its decision in Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand banking group limited. ...
Coming this spring: ACCC to monitor large merchants' payment surcharges
The Reserve Bank has now released a Standard which sets out what payment surcharges will be permitted for the purposes of the new Part IVC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Cth The aim of the Standard is to improve competition and efficiency by providing to consumers price signals associated ...
Not better late - the Prime Trust appeal judgment
The main Prime Trust appeal judgement is relatively well known but a trusts responsible entities and their officers should look at what the appeal court had to say on other related matters ...
Superannuation and the Government's response to the FSI
The Governments response to the FSIs superannuation recommendations is as with much of the rest of the responses somewhat safe and as a result arguably disappointing As with the Inquirys recommendations it shifts from the sublime to the ridiculous ndash on the one hand it deals with the really ...
Product rationalisation - again
The FSI report recommended that the Government facilitate rationalisation of legacy products in the life insurance and managed investment scheme industries The need for ways to close legacy products has been kicking around for at least a decade and in 2007 Treasury released a very thorough options ...
Plan Melbourne: refresh of Victoria's metropolitan planning strategy
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 ...
Government launches innovation agenda - now wait for the ideas boom
You might be getting tired of all of the talk about innovation and keen to see some of it actually happen The Governments recent announcements could help but there is a long way to go before the mining boom becomes the ideas boom ...
OAIC concludes investigation of Australian Red Cross data breach
OAIC concludes investigation of Australian Red Cross data breach where a one-off human error by a third party provider's employee led to a massive data breach that hit the Australian Red Cross Blood Service ...
Final APRA Guidance on Information Security (CPG 234) released – are you prepared?
APRA has released the updated final version of its Prudential Practice Guide, which gives crucial context about how it views cybersecurity threats. ...
ASIC's proposed market integrity rules for technological and operational resilience could impose far-reaching obligations
The COAG Energy Council Hydrogen Working Group continues its work on the National Hydrogen Strategy, with the release of its issues papers series. The nine papers are a fascinating look at the breadth, depth and interwoven nature of the issues facing hydrogen. ...