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Suit looming over destruction of Aboriginal cultural site for Defence housing
Policy and Regulation 2024-05-31 11:07 pm By Andy Sidler

A Larrakia Danggalaba man has sought access to documents for a possible lawsuit over the federal government’s decision to greenlight the destruction of an Aboriginal cultural site to develop Defence housing. 

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Big Four consultants should be ‘last resort’ for NSW government work, report says
Policy and Regulation 2024-05-29 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A new report has blasted the NSW government’s reliance on the Big Four consulting firms, saying it has led to a “downward spiral” of the public sector, and urged the state to never use their services for “core” government work and only as a “last resort” for other matters.

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Albanese government to pump $200 million into a revamped Administration Appeals Tribunal
Policy and Regulation 2024-05-29 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Moves to restore public confidence in the government reviews process are underway after the federal Parliament passed new legislation replacing the “damaged” Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which has been criticised for failing to stop the Robodebt scheme, with a new Administrative Review Tribunal.

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X could have done more to shield users, including kids, from stabbing videos, court told
Social Media 2024-05-28 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

The e-Safety Commissioner has expanded its case seeking to have X Corp remove posts that depict a stabbing of a bishop at a Sydney church, arguing X could have done more to prevent Australian users, including children and VPN users, from viewing the videos.

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ACCC finds consumers in dark about how their data is used
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-21 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

Consumers are “generally unaware” of the extent to which data firms and third parties mine and utilise their data, according to a report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 

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Lawyers no fans of ‘fractured’ approach to continuous disclosure laws
Class Actions 2024-05-17 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, lawyers have said in attacking a report to Parliament that recommends abolishing amendments adding a fault element to the continuous disclosure regime for ASIC cases but requiring shareholders to clear the higher bar in class actions.

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Report calls for repeal of continuous disclosure reforms for ASIC cases, but not class actions
Policy and Regulation 2024-05-16 11:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Morrison-era reforms that introduced a fault element to the continuous disclosure laws should be repealed for civil penalty proceedings launched by ASIC, but retained for class actions by shareholders, a report of an independent review of the changes has recommended.

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Judge blasts eSafety Commissioner bid for global takedown orders against X
Social Media 2024-05-14 10:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has given a poor prognosis to the eSafety Commissioner’s case seeking to have X Corp remove posts that depict a stabbing of a bishop at a Sydney church,  calling it an alarming and unreasonable attempt to exert control over activities abroad.

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Budget funds 8 new judges to clear visa backlog, but legal aid sector gets a ‘fraction’
Policy and Regulation 2024-05-14 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Australia’s peak legal body has welcomed the injection of funds promised in Tuesday’s budget announcement for the appointment of extra federal judges to clear a backlog in migration and protection visa applications. But the funds allocated to legal assistance services is a “fraction” of what is needed, the Law Council said.

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eSafety commissioner can’t maintain injunction against X over church stabbing footage
Social Media 2024-05-13 10:29 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused to issue a further injunction against X Corp in proceedings by the eSafety Commissioner seeking the removal of posts that depict a stabbing at a Sydney church after raising concerns the order could become an “object of ridicule”. 

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