IBAC and ICAC see victory as improved outcomes, a more educated public service and more trust in government institutions.

The increasing trend of receiverships and the changing landscape of lenders in the market.

Recently legislation has been passed by the Australian Parliament in the form of the Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Act 2010 (Cth) (Sons of Gwalia Act) which amends the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) and means that in future all such shareholder claims will once again be subordinated.

The recently passed Modern Slavery Bill imposes new reporting requirements on Australian organisations.

Hot Legal Topics is a series of - Issues, changes and trends in employment law, family law and immigration law.

Existing use provisions in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (the Regulation) have been tightened, reviewed and relaxed over the last 5 years! The latest change to the Regulation brings additional flexibility.

Hot Legal Topics is a series of - Issues, changes and trends in employment law, family law and immigration law.

As forecast last year, 2005 has not been a year of widespread momentus regulatory reform, but rather dominated by a few key issues – betting exchanges, racing product dissemination and the eventual release of proposals for new anti-money laundering legislation.

Law firms who provide legal services to the Commonwealth are required to report their hours of pro bono work per lawyer.

The Law Commission's long awaited scoping report on financial remedies was published on 18 December 2024. It concludes that the law relating to financial remedy should be reformed. We asked the Law Commission...