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A Closure Notice was found invalid as it failed to state, with sufficient specificity, what the recipient needed to do.

The push for a statutory cause of action for invasions of privacy to be included in privacy reform is gaining support.

A summary of our top five trends for Australian Government legal practice in 2024.

Compliance Officers perform a vital role for the Council and Councillors to implement and enforce Council decisions.

Senator Payne's private bill introduced compulsory voting, which then became a right and a duty for all Australians.

New directive and guide for workplace investigations and reviews of Queensland public sector employees.

In Abdel-Hady v Commonwealth of Australia [2026] HCA 17, the High Court unanimously rejected a novel defence advanced by the Commonwealth to a claim for false imprisonment arising from immigration detention later...

On 16 August Natasha Stott-Despoja, introduced the Privacy Amendment Bill into the Senate, which proposes to amend the Privacy Act 1988.

A recent decision by the Federal Court has served as a timely reminder to stakeholders to be wary when making any threat of infringement, awarding the respondent in World of Technologies Pty Ltd v Tempo damages to the value $213,059.96 for lost profits due to an unjustified threat of design infringement.

The trials demonstrated that paperless hearings could be achieved inexpensively and without inconvenience to the parties.

The Committee Report made 18 recommendations, some of which were then accepted and incorporated into the amended bill.

A Council could not unilaterally determine a development consent had lapsed and consequently issue stop work orders.

The changes will see the structure plan approval process streamlined and the local scheme amendment process simplified.

Forthcoming changes to the NSW planning process include a circular to assist local councils to protect local character.

New legislation is in place in New South Wales regulating security over ‘goods’ such as personal property, livestock, fish, crops and wool. The Security Interests in Goods Act 2005 (NSW) became operational on 1 March 2006 and replaces the previous system established under the Bills of Sale Act 1898 (NSW) and the Liens on Crops and Wool and Stock Mortgages Act 1898 (NSW).

The Hollingdale case revisits the issues associated with managing employees with a mental disability and, in particular, the manifestation of anti-social behaviours in the workplace.

The Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 (Cth) was introduced into the House of Representatives and received its second reading speech on 21 February 2008.