Julia Kanapathippillai

The Queensland government has agreed to implement 51 recommendations made by the state's productivity commission in a damning report into the construction industry that found a "significant decline" in productivity since 2018.

K&L Gates has nabbed an energy disputes expert from Charles Russell Speechlys' Singapore office to join its partnership.

Social media darling Hismile has lost a challenge to a trade mark application by MySmile, after failing to prove its rival's mark was deceptively similar to its own viral dental care brand.

A Tasmanian disability group home and respite care provider has been hit with a $1.1 million penalty after admitting it failed to notify the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission about reportable incidents 474 times.

Moray & Agnew has poached a government partner from HWL Ebsworth for its Melbourne office, the third government lawyer to jump ship from HWLE to the firm in recent months.  

Author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has sent a second concerns notice to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas over comments he made during a radio interview after her invitation to the Adelaide Writers Week festival was pulled.

South Australia Supreme Court Justice Laura Stein will replace Chief Justice Chris Kourakis when he retires, the first woman to be appointed as the state's top judge.

An Administrative Review Tribunal has halved a six-year ban on a former United Global Capital financial advisor imposed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, calling the ban "excessive".

Dentons has lured a workplace law partner to grow its practice in Perth, giving the global firm a national platform in Australia to better serve its clients.

A head contractor has successfully challenged a Queensland Supreme Court decision, which tossed its case against a SOPA adjudication decision for a subcontractor on a building project in Southport.