Despite the COVID-19 conditions that exist around the world, activities in the commercial crime space continue along.

On 4 June 2020, the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (Vic) was passed by the Legislative Assembly and the Bill will now go to the Legislative Council for consideration.

Despite that, the applicant failed to prove loss on the basis of market-based causation and so-called "inflation" of the share price.

With the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Federal Act), you may be legally required to generate a yearly modern slavery statement to demonstrate the effort taken to reduce

The Australian media promoted an awareness of foreign bribery issues and has taken to task corporations and management.

The Federal Government is proposing to build a new gas fired power plant in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales if the private sector fails to "step up" and replace the lost capacity resulting from...

With significant regulatory change coming into effect the spotlight is staying firmly on culture, ethics and regulatory compliance. An organisation's social licence to operate remains a priority

The limitation period for recovering loans repayable ‘on demand' is a matter often overlooked by creditors and insolvency practitioners.

Following on from the May 2020 Full Federal Court decision in Rossato, in July 2020 the Full Federal Court handed down its judgment in another labour hire case, Construction, Forestry, Maritime...

Peabody and Bowen Coking Coal have executed a binding agreement for the sale of the Broadmeadow East Coal Project, an undeveloped coking coal project located within ML 70257 near Moranbah, Queensland.

On 5 August 2019 the Federal Resources Minister, Matt Canavan MP announced that the Productivity Commission will conduct a 12-month review of the regulation of the resources sector.

The Victorian Government recently passed the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (Vic) (Petroleum Bill) which, by amending the Petroleum Act 1998...

In the wake of the closely watched proceedings recently commenced by Israel Folau regarding the termination of his employment for his comments on social media, the right of a public sector employee to share her personal views ...

After more than two years, and on the day the trial was due to commence, the ground-breaking climate change lawsuit brought against one of Australia's largest super/pension funds...

On 20 July 2020, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced that seven companies have been shortlisted to advance to the full application ...

With much recent debate at the Federal and State level about criminalising employee underpayments, on 16 June 2020, the Victorian Parliament passed the Wage Theft Bill 2020.

The NSW Government has received a highly positive response from investors following plans to release the first renewable energy zone in New South Wales. The call for proposals received an...

New competition laws will apply to generators and suppliers of electricity as of 10 June 2020.

articipants in Australia's infrastructure sector are, as a general rule, already familiar with the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and Australia's foreign investment regime.

The NSW Government has received a highly positive response from investors following plans to release the first renewable energy zone in New South Wales.