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As you may be aware, the NSW Government has now introduced some important new amendments to core components of the legislative regime affecting the management of local government within NSW.

Resolutions of rates and charges levied by local governments must comply with the requirements of the LGA and the LGR.

The perception of bias in decision making by local government officers must be considered and managed appropriately.

The government said that the Medevac laws could undermine Australia's national security, so made moves to repeal them.

Can subordinate legislation be challenged on the basis it is unreasonable?

Being proactive in planning for regulatory action, by training staff or implementing procedures and plans, is essential.

The Australian Government introduced legislation on 15 October 2008 that, if enacted, will enable depositors to gain early access to funds in the event of insolvency of an authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI).

The Full Court of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd (Lockwood) and has held that several claims in Lockwood’s Australian Patent No. 702534 (the Patent) were invalid for being obvious. In addition, the Full Court also held that Doric Products Pty Ltd (Doric) did not infringe those claims that covered the preferred embodiment of the invention described in the Patent.

The article outlines steps to be taken to get documents to be used in France authenticated and/or legalised in Australia.

The NSW Court of Appeal has refused to set aside a subpoena requesting the disclosure of certain telephone recordings.

The client is entitled to refuse to disclose documents containing privileged communications to other parties.

WA local governments who seek daily penalties for parking commercial vehicles require detailed evidence of the offences.

WA local governments may be powerless to order rectification or removal of potentially illegal and dangerous structures.

The NSW Government has introduced significant amendments to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, establishing new authorities and streamlined pathways to accelerate development approvals. These reforms aim to address system complexity by creating targeted assessment processes, standardizing consent conditions, and implementing proportionate risk-based evaluations for the 90% of development applications valued under $1 million.

Recently we issued a pro forma finance broking contract for WA. These FBC have been further updated since that newsletter.

Recently we issued a pro forma finance broking contract for WA.

A new report identifies three main barriers which inhibit workforce participation by people with disabilities, and suggests some ways to remove them.