The anti-cartel legislation that we described in our ealert of 23 June 2009 has now commenced operation and the ACCC has issued guidelines as to how it will approach the prosecution of cartels.

In our E-alert of 14 April 2010 we referred to press reports which suggested that an interim WTO Panel Report had been released to each of Australia and New Zealand to the effect that measures affecting the importation of apples from New Zealand which had been imposed by Australia were contrary to the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ("SPS Agreement") as having created discrimination between members and were not scientifically justifiable.

This decision demonstrates the operation of the unconscionable conduct provisions in the newAustralian Consumer Law.

The Bill has now been referred to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, to provide its report on 16 June 2014.

The Workplace Authority has released the Fact Sheet which all employers who operate under the federal system must give to current employees today.

Yesterday’s announcement by the Federal Government that it would not reinstate the Home Insulation Program ("HIP") component of the Renewable Energy Bonus Scheme, (as it had previously promised), represents a significant additional blow to those in industry who have been adversely affected by the previous cancellation of the HIP.

This new guide is designed to help consumers, in trouble with debt, understand their options.

The Government will not proceed with a number of proposed initiatives previously announced as part of the 2013-14 Budget.

As anticipated, the Coalition has adopted the previous Government's 2013/14 Budget plan to increase import processing charges.

Any inventions, designed during or outside the course of your normal business activities, may have commercial potential.

A new Trade and Investment Ministry has been created to negotiate and complete FTAs, and to attract foreign investment.

ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement commencement update

The determination supports the imposition of "securities" by Customs on imports of HRCS from the affected countries.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has issued notices to all foreign food facilities registered with the FDA advising that it plans to conduct an inspection of those facilities between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2010.

According to various reports, the New South Wales Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the New South Wales Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal ("Tribunal") in the DV Kelly case (see our updates of 7 May 2010, 13 May 2010 and 25 October 2010). Many of you will recall that the decision of the Tribunal had found that certain container detention fees charged by the Australian agent of a shipping line were unenforceable as being a penalty rather than damages due to the size of the amount c

AG is considering recommendations from NSW Law Reform Commission in relation to dust disease victim's compensation.

We have previously reported on the Federal Court case in which Suntory had instituted proceedings to stop the Commonwealth (in the ATO) stop collecting excise duty on Alcopops at high rates based on the Tariff Proposals of May 2008.

In an earlier article, I had referred to negotiations regarding the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ("ACTA"). At that time, there were reported concerns that it would introduce additional reporting obligations on intermediaries such as freight forwarders, customs brokers and transport companies as well as additional costs for holding and destruction of goods alleged to be in breach of a party's intellectual property. Another concern was a view that the negotiations had b

Will an allegation of negligent supervision for a parent allowing their child to ride in a vehicle operated by an impaired driver trigger coverage under an auto insurance policy?

Certain obligations under the SIS Act and SIS Regulations can be breached by activities involved in property development.