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Privacy reform kicks off with new tort for ‘serious’ invasions
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-09-12 10:36 pm By Andy Sidler

A promised overhaul of the Privacy Act has begun with reforms that make doxxing a crime and could see businesses face new claims, including class actions, for serious invasions of privacy.

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Albanese government to impose age limits on social media use
Social Media 2024-09-10 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Albanese government plans to introduce legislation that would bar children under a certain age from setting up social media accounts.

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Thresholds unveiled for ACCC review under new merger laws
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-30 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The government has revealed the thresholds for mergers that will need to be reviewed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission under reforms that will take effect in 2026, promising to spare small acquisitions.

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Former MP Andrew Laming’s penalty doubled for breaching electoral laws with Facebook posts
Politics 2024-08-23 11:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Liberal MP Andrew Laming has been hit with a $40,000 fine for failing to disclose that he was behind three politically motivated Facebook posts in 2018 and 2019.

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ACT government wants out of public housing class action
Class Actions 2024-08-19 12:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of public housing tenants who were allegedly forced to relocate is facing a bid for summary judgment by the ACT government, which claims it is not the correct respondent.

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Rio Tinto unit wins stay in dispute with government over Jabiluka mine lease
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-08 10:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has granted Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources Australia an interim stay to allow it to contest the government’s decision not to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.

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Government backs FWC plan to put CFMEU construction division into administration
Construction 2024-07-17 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Employment Minister Tony Burke says he will support the Fair Work Commission’s plan to appoint an independent administrator to the construction division of the CFMEU and flagged an AFP investigation into recent allegations the union has been infiltrated by criminal figures. 

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ICAC commissioner resigns, saying criticisms ‘have fallen on deaf ears’
Public Corruption 2024-07-10 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The commissioner of South Australia’s ICAC has stepped down for “mostly professional” reasons, saying her criticisms of 2021 reforms that limited the commission’s power to crack down on public corruption “have fallen on deaf ears”.

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‘Red tape burden for no good reason’: Law Council pans money laundering rules for lawyers
Business of Law 2024-07-09 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The nation’s peak legal body has reiterated its concerns about proposed rules that would subject lawyers and accountants to new money laundering obligations, warning the regulations would impose a costly “red tape burden for no good reason” on smaller firms.

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Lawyers weigh in on moratorium on climate disclosure litigation
Environment 2024-07-04 10:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Greens senator has called for reducing a proposed immunity from climate disclosure litigation from three years to one after lawyers, including the NSW Bar Association, blasted the moratorium. But some law firms say the immunity doesn’t go far enough and should shield companies and their officers from continuous disclosure-related claims.

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