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There has been a range of recent legal developments that affect privacy, child abuse claims and workers compensation.

Victoria's road-user charge for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles is unconstitutional as it imposes an excise duty.

Property law specialists warn that new NSW laws for backyard swimming pools may introduce dangers for legal liability.

Local government reform is back on the agenda in Queensland with the introduction into Parliament of the Local Government Bill 2009.

If a local council was found to be a trading corporation, it could be subject to the operation of the Fair Work Act.

The recent Federal Court of Australia decision, Anderson v Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (2010) 264 ALR 689, involved a challenge to the decisions of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (the Minister) to decline to make emergency and permanent declarations under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) (the Act).

News on customs, trade and transport matters.

The tort of misfeasance in public office is a legal wrong where a public officer has misused powers conferred on them.

The court found that if there was a failure to comply with the ICAC Act, it was not of a kind to invalidate the decision.

Discusses the ICAC forum, GSFA Bill and the impact of these changes on NSW Ministers, government employees and agencies.

The ALRC could recommend recognition of an additional, hybrid approach to inquiries.

What lies ahead for 2025.

Public service employers must follow strict performance management and procedures to avoid breaching new Queensland laws.

Agencies should be aware of these changes when or complying with publication requirements for government instruments.

Victorian government agencies should review their FOI procedures and understand the role of the new FOI Commissioner.

Government agencies will increasingly be challenged by the introduction and management of technology in the workplace.

Exemptions for direct offshore foreign insurers from the requirement to be authorised by APRA have been finalised by the Australian Treasury. Although the details have slightly changed, the general thrust of the exemptions is the same as that proposed in September last year.

On 27 April 2006, Justice Heerey of the Australian Federal Court handed down his decision in Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Ltd (No 4). To quote Justice Heerey "Cadbury does not own the colour purple and does not have an exclusive reputation in purple in connection with chocolate in Australia.