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Focus on recent Inquiry recommendations that specifically relate to the role of government agencies in insolvency.

The landmark decision raises the question of how tobacco companies will differentiate themselves from their competitors.

Reminder: in assessing a breach of duty of care, a court weighs the burden of avoiding harm across similar situations, not just the specific one in dispute.

In recent case insurer failed to prove the claimant was mostly at fault in a lane merge crash, so statutory benefits continued.

New South Wales' Minister for Health, Morris Iemma, recently announced that the New South Wales <I>Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002</I> (<B>Act</B>) will commence on 1 September 2004.

In a keynote address, the Federal Communications Minister outlined the media policy priorities of the Albanese Government.

On 23 October 2009, the Court of Appeal in Maroondah City Council v Graham C Fletcher and Minister for Planning [2009] VSCA 250 allowed Council's appeal and ordered that Fletcher's challenge to a POS requirement (imposed by permit condition) be remitted to VCAT for rehearing, in accordance with law.

NSW pool owners will now have more time to comply with new requirement prior to the sale or lease of their property.

The NSW Productivity Commission released its 'Kickstarting the productivity conversation' discussion paper for consultation'

Significant changes to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 mean that you now have better access to information that the ATO holds about you and your business tax affairs.

These are two areas of workplace change and uncertainty which may cause increased employee stress and workplace tension.

The government announced a number of legislative and regulatory reforms to simplify and strengthen the legal framework.

Following the HIH collapse in 2001, insurers writing HOW policies under the various state Home Building Warranty schemes have routinely sought indemnities and bank guarantees from builders before issuing certificates of insurance.

August 2007, the High Court decided, in ACCC v Baxter Health Care Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 38, that the doctrine of derivative Crown immunity did not protect Baxter Health Care from Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Local councils are not exempt from the misleading or deceptive conduct provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act.

Schools and child service organisations must update any policies, procedures and practices to ensure compliance.

Australian law allows freedom of information, opinion and expression, but not an unfettered right to freedom of speech.