Products are a focus of the new Australian Consumer Law so it's not surprising that it attempts to set out some rules for product quality, types of defects and what sorts or remedies consumers have. Jocelyn Kellam talks about your responsibilities for defective goods under the Australian Consumer Law.

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The Commission's recommendations aim to ensure that even the most disadvantaged people have access to legal assistance.

A Clayton Utz team worked alongside the AquaSure consortium throughout the bidding process, providing strategic and commercial advice on both the bidding documentation and financing arrangements for the project.

A first of its kind in the Australian road sector, Peninsula Link is being delivered as an Availability PPP, and was the first project to be delivered under the new Victorian Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act.

Women in Australia's venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sector can encourage more women into the industry.

The final tranche of DOFIs reform has just been released by the Australian Treasury – draft regulations establishing reporting requirements for AFSL holders who place business with DOFIs and the disclosure requirements to the insureds, under the exemptions.

On 2 July the Australian Government announced that, due to industry concerns, it had scrapped the Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) and proposes to replace it with the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) to take effect from 1 July 2012.

Summary of a statement setting out more information about the proposed Federal takeover of credit released by the Federal Government

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Businesses in Australia must comply with new laws governing misuse of market power, concerted practices, and cartels.

The new ACNC, established on 1 July 2012, will take over the regulation of charities and non-profits from the ATO.

Organisations that are currently preparing for the new ACNC regime should be considering governance arrangements.

Trustees must lodge applications soon to offer a MySuper product to default fund employees covered by modern awards.

This significant reduction is mostly due to the reduction in excess renewable production overhanging from previous years.

Institutions will soon be able to issue covered bonds with the assent of the Banking Amendment (Covered Bonds) Act 2011.

The commencement of the legislation underpinning the new vendor disclosure obligations has been suspended indefinitely.

There have been a number of amendments made to the original Bill because of feedback received during the Committee stage.

The Tax Laws Amendment (Cross-Border Profit Allocation) Bill introduces the second tranche of transfer pricing reforms.