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There's less than a week to go before ASIC launches the new national business names system, supported by ASIC Connect.

This part covers the introduction, unpacking each obligation as an "ingredient" and how they eventually come together.

As a general rule, the Directors of a company are not personally liable for the actions of the company.

The Australian Treasury has released exposure draft legislation that significantly expands capital gains tax obligations for non-residents, introducing new ATO notification requirements for transactions valued at $50M or more and fundamentally shifting due diligence responsibilities from vendors to purchasers. These changes will impact M&A deal processes, compliance timelines, and risk allocation between parties in cross-border transactions involving Australian assets.

National Business Names registration system introduced to Federal Parliament.

There are only two substantial changes, so companies not affected by these provisions will wonder about any benefit.

This article discusses four areas of company regulation that Australian directors should be aware of.

Australia's Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Royal Commission) has now completed three rounds of public hearings.

On 23 October 2023, the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) released Exposure Draft ED SR1 Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards – Disclosure of Climate-related Financial Information...

A recent decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court of Appeal has confirmed that provisions in company constitutions should be given a broad and business-like interpretation. In the event of a dispute concerning an unclear term, the court is likely to reject arguments based on a strict or narrow reading of the document.

Companies should resume compliance with pre-COVID requirements relating to execution of documents and holding of meetings.

Do you want to get top dollar when you cash in your business chips? Then think ahead.

Guided by the construction venture's aims and ambitions, several factors steer their decision on a business structure.

"Unacceptability" is judged by reference to the interests of shareholders, rather than strict compliance with the letter of the law.

ASIC has intensified its enforcement campaign against companies failing to lodge financial reports on time, issuing over $5 million in infringement notices and prosecuting repeat offenders in court. Foreign-owned subsidiaries and large proprietary companies face heightened scrutiny as ASIC deploys data-driven surveillance to identify non-compliant entities at scale.

It goes without saying that wrongful conduct in a corporate setting can have drastic and irreparable legal,

In our fourth and final part of our Modern Slavery Reporting Series, we provide our practical recommendations for moving into the third reporting season to ensure your organisation has a...

Did you and your related corporate entities collectively use more than 0.5 petajoules of energy during the 2005–06 financial year? There are approximately 250 corporations estimated to fall into this category.