When a union wants to force an employer to bargain for an enterprise agreement, it can now organise protected industrial action without needing to show that a majority of the workforce supports bargaining.

ASIC states that it will look at the conduct of lenders in particular.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has now issued a package that will establish the prudential framework for the supervision of general insurance groups domiciled in Australia.

The Civil Liability Legislation Amendment Bill 2008, when enacted, will reject the Court of Appeal's disjunctive interpretation of the two threshold tests for a plaintiff to be entitled to gratuitous care damages.

Today (14 August 2009), the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") has published a notice confirming that it had resolved to initiate an investigation into alleged dumping of silicone emulsion concrete admixtures products ("SECA") produced in the USA.

In very recent times there have been a number of dumping and subsidy investigations and associated measures.

DFAT has now confirmed that Chile has passed its domestic legislation and the 2 nations have exchanged Diplomatic Letters to the effect that the FTA will commence on 6 March 2009.

The Federal Government announced that Australia concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan (JAEPA).

The High Court has ended the notion of a general right of recovery outside the refund provisions of the Customs Act.

Indonesia has taken all steps to fully implement the AANZFTA, which will further enhance our trade with the region.

The TMRO has given notice of the initiation of its review of the decisions leading to the imposition of these measures.

Customs has imposed interim dumping and countervailing duties on the import of Aluminium Road Wheels (ARW) from China.

In 2007 the New Zealand Government requested a review by the World Trade Organisation concerning measures imposed by Australia on the importation of apples from New Zealand.

A topic of debate in the online community is whether there is a social media law.

New consumer guarantees replace trade practices and fair trading legislation with a consistent national scheme.

The NSW government has moved swiftly in response to the increased impact on residential tenants as a result of the growing number of mortgagee in possession actions.

Red tape reforms have been introduced to reduce escalating costs and boost efficiency in the Victorian building industry.

Update on VOI legislation.

US cannot impose both anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports from countries treated as "nonmarket economies".

In a recent decision, the Federal District Court of Minnesota found that state agencies were not liable in a data breach class action suit involving a rogue employee’s unauthorized viewing of personal information in drivers license records.