In recent months Commonwealth and State Governments have announced a number of funding and policy developments dedicated to "energising" Australia's position in the global hydrogen economy.

The Federal Treasurer has announced reforms to Australia's foreign investment framework which will come into effect on 1 January 2021.

Moreton commenced a pilot project to test the viability of using underground coal gasification (UCG) technology in Queensland.

Last week the Australian Government announced a three step framework for a COVIDSafe Australia. The states and territories are able to implement changes based on their specific COVID-19 conditions.

In its much anticipated decision, the High Court has unanimously dismissed the Amerind appeal.

Gazal Corporation Limited was an ASX-listed company.

The Court of Appeal has now in TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd v Decon Australia Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 93 clarified that a non-compliant supporting statement by a head contractor under s13(7) of the Building and Construction Industry Security ...

More than a year after the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) withdrew its initial guidance material on its approach towards the assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG)...

The blasting at Juukan Gorge, which has received considerable media coverage during the past month, has again brought to the fore what some regard as apparent issues with the Aboriginal...

Resale price maintenance has traditionally been regarded as anti-competitive because it can mute price competition between retailers, resulting in higher prices for consumers who wish to acquire products and services.

Earlier this week, Professor Graeme Samuel AC released his Interim Report of the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act).

On 28 October 2019, the Full Court of the Federal Court published its judgment in Australian Securities and Investment Commission v Westpac Securities Administration Limited [2019] FCAFC 187 (ASIC v Westpac).

We have started to see the Federal Court use its discretionary powers in respect of class actions to order defendants to disclose their insurance policies to plaintiffs.

On appeal from a preliminary question decided by Justice Rothman in Supreme Court of New South Wales defamation proceedings (our earlier article is here), the Court of Appeal...

The Queensland Government has released five new areas of land totalling 1,459km2 in Queensland's Bowen and Surat basins for petroleum and gas exploration.

The Environmental Protection Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2020 (WA) (Amendment Regulations) have recently commenced, with the effect that all onshore oil and gas exploration and production...

Resale price maintenance (RPM) has traditionally been regarded as anti-competitive because it can mute price competition between retailers, resulting in higher prices for consumers...

In the past 18 months the Australian legal landscape has seen novel challenges to planning decisions in the area of greenhouse gas impacts of projects and the resulting impact on climate change

New measures could be included in a BEPS taxation bill to be introduced in late 2017, for enactment by July 2018.

By a 4:3 majority, the High Court of Australia has upheld the Full Federal Court's decision regarding the actions of a storekeeper who provided a "book-up" credit service to indigenous residents in rural South Australia.