The NEPA will be established on 1 July 2026 under the National Environmental Protection Agency Act 2025 (Cth) ( NEPA Act ). The NEPA's function is to assist the Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) in the ...

The ACCC’s product safety priorities, alongside its broader enforcement agenda, provide a roadmap for businesses. Last week, ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb unveiled the ACCC's latest product safety ...

ASIC’s approach to private credit has been sequential, deliberate, and, as of June 2026, unmistakably operational. The regulator’s eight-week snap review of 52 private credit funds overseeing $76 ...

The Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix is your quick update on key ESD developments across Australia. This edition covers new Commonwealth exposure draft National Environmental ...

For responsible entities of critical infrastructure assets falling within the nine affected asset classes, the Enhanced CIRMP Rules represent a material step-change in risk management planning ...

The Victorian Supreme Court has held that there is no inconsistency between the operation of Victoria's Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) (SOP Act) and the ...

But the reality is that competing priorities and scarce resources/budgets likely have left many organisations covered by the PRIS laws with work to do to achieve a sufficient level of compliance. We ...

D&O insurance should cover liabilities and defence costs, including liabilities owed to the company (such as the liabilities proven against Mr Bekier and Ms Martin) and pecuniary penalties (both of ...

Since the first stage reform to the Uniform Defamation Acts, defamation claims in Australia cannot succeed without satisfying a threshold element of "serious harm" (except in Western Australia). The ...

With the framework set to take full effect in March 2027, banks must prepare to meet these new requirements while navigating unresolved questions around liability and compliance. The SPF sets out key ...

Employers who start paying super on payday from 1 July 2026 but experience occasional late payments (eg. due to incorrect details or rejected funds that are fixed promptly) are likely to be classified ...