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Are you submitting reports to AUSTRAC within the required timeframes?

AUSTRAC has taken enforcement action against several remittance & DCE providers for failures to comply with reporting obligations within required timeframes.

Australia Government

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Australian Treasury Reports Faster Foreign Investment Application Processing; Finance And Insurance Sector Most Attractive For Foreign Investment

The Background: Australian Treasury's latest round of statistics reports that it has achieved its aspirational target of processing 50% of foreign investment applications within the statutory timeframe of 30 calendar days.

Australia Government

JD

Jones Day

AML/CTF Playbook

Significant changes to Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework.

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Essential ESG: Episode 24 – In Conversation With Professor Robert McCorquodale

Explore the evolving global landscape of business and human rights.

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Reducing Embodied Carbon In NSW Public Infrastructure Delivery: The New Net Zero Frontier

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

How to prepare for the AML/CTF reforms – a practical guide

Australia Government

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Australia's surveillance framework: National security and counter-terrorism watchdog signals reform

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Victorian Redress Scheme for historical abuse - A guide for survivors

Australia Government

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

A Major Shake Up Of The Victorian Security Of Payment Regime

Australia Government

HR

Holding Redlich

Suing for Unlawful Discrimination in NSW: Your Rights and How to Take Action

Australia Government

OC

O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Investment Treaty Arbitration: Information And Communication Sector

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

What is the Legal Definition of Genocide?

Australia Government

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

A Lonely Time For Our ADF In The Indo-Pacific

Australia Government

K

KordaMentha

Israel's Atrocities In Gaza Satisfy The Legal Definition Of Genocide

Australia Government

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

How Investors And Operators Can Capitalise On The Agricultural Value Chain (Video)

Australia Real Estate

FC

FTI Consulting

Inside Safety Podcast Series - Episode 2 Spotlight On Silica – Recent Developments And Trends

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

August 2025 ESG Policy Update—Australia

Worldwide Environment

KG

K&L Gates LLP

New road rules and driving offences come into effect across Australia

Australia Transport

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

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Inward/ Foreign Investment

Australian Treasury Reports Faster Foreign Investment Application Processing; Finance And Insurance Sector Most Attractive For Foreign Investment

The Background: Australian Treasury's latest round of statistics reports that it has achieved its aspirational target of processing 50% of foreign investment applications within the statutory timeframe of 30 calendar days.

Australia Government

JD

Jones Day

Investment Treaty Arbitration: Information And Communication Sector

Article discuss the evolution of treaties in the era of digitisation and the relevance of investment treaty protections in relation to digital assets, social media and cryptocurrencies.

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Personal Responsibility, Corporate Liability and Criminality: An Australian Perspective on the New UK Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence

Australian government introduced guidance as to what constitutes 'adequate procedures to prevent foreign bribery.

Australia Government

D+

Doogue + George Defence Lawyers

Tale of three cities: International student revenue surged - but not for everyone. Here's what's coming next.

Australia Government

K

KordaMentha

2023: Doing Business In Australia

Australia Government

WL

World Law Group

Ban on foreign purchases of established dwellings

Australia Real Estate

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Australian Treasury Reports Faster Foreign Investment Application Processing Amidst Increased Focus On Compliance And Enforcement

Australia Government

JD

Jones Day

ICLG Investor-State Arbitration 2025: Australia

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

The Regulation Of Foreign Direct Investment In Australia: Australian Treasury's Recent Facts And Figures

Worldwide Government

JD

Jones Day

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Constitutional & Administrative Law

Local council not liable for injuries to child who fell from cliff

Reminder: in assessing a breach of duty of care, a court weighs the burden of avoiding harm across similar situations, not just the specific one in dispute.

Australia Litigation

B

Barry Nilsson

The Meeting Point: Innovative Project To Bring Together Indigenous And Non-Indigenous People In Australia

Lisa Croxford and her co-founder Angela Rutter have started an organisation, The Meeting Point, which aims to inform Australia's non-Indigenous community about the rights of First Nations peoples and how better to work...

Australia Government

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Review panel wrong-footed by wingfoot

NSW Supreme Court overturned a motor accident decision due to lack of reasoning and procedural fairness.

Australia Government

M

McCabes

Most at fault? Can't get no (reasonable) satisfaction...

Australia Litigation

M

McCabes

New social impact and community benefit requirements begin for large-scale wind and solar development

Australia Environment

HR

Holding Redlich

Voluntary assisted dying in Australia: The current state of play

Australia Government

B

Barry Nilsson

Latest developments: Hannah Thomas arrest probe escalates

Australia Criminal

OC

O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Discipline action against an employee for holding and/or expressing political opinions in light of Lattouf v ABC

Australia Government

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

NSW Government Bulletin

Australia Government

HR

Holding Redlich

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Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

Are you submitting reports to AUSTRAC within the required timeframes?

AUSTRAC has taken enforcement action against several remittance & DCE providers for failures to comply with reporting obligations within required timeframes.

Australia Government

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

AML/CTF Playbook

Significant changes to Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework.

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

How to prepare for the AML/CTF reforms – a practical guide

High-level summary of practical steps that reporting entities can take to transition to the new AML/CTF regime in an orderly manner.

Australia Government

SG

Sophie Grace Pty Ltd

Australia's surveillance framework: National security and counter-terrorism watchdog signals reform

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

A Lonely Time For Our ADF In The Indo-Pacific

Australia Government

K

KordaMentha

Hate Speech and Racial Vilification Laws and Penalties Australia

Australia Government

CD

Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

The Paradox Of Progress: How A Decade Of Financial Reform Created Both Clarity And Complexity

Australia Finance

FC

FTI Consulting

Preparing For AML/CTF Reforms

Australia Government

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Unprecedented wake-up call for AML/CTF in pubs & clubs: AUSTRAC sues Mounties

Australia Government

HN

Holley Nethercote

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Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

Reducing Embodied Carbon In NSW Public Infrastructure Delivery: The New Net Zero Frontier

The proposed NSW reforms present a timely reminder for public infrastructure delivery partners to review their internal processes .

Australia Government

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Australia Sets 2035 Emissions Reduction Target

Ahead of the upcoming 30^th Conference of the Parties (COP30), the Australian Government has released its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)...

Australia Environment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Lonely Time For Our ADF In The Indo-Pacific

Australia is well-positioned to serve as a light touch 'regional integrator' linking technologies, industrial partners, and supply chains between Indo-Pacific friends.

Australia Government

K

KordaMentha

Why a Heads of Agreement is important in intergovernmental transactions

Australia Government

HR

Holding Redlich

NSW Government Bulletin

Australia Government

HR

Holding Redlich

Beneath The Surface: Making Up The Deficit - The Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve And Australia's Unrealised Critical Minerals Production Potential

Australia Government

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New Community Benefit Agreements For Queensland Renewables Projects

Australia Energy

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The 2032 Olympic And Paralympic Games: Insights On Olympic Infrastructure Delivery

Australia Government

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Tale of three cities: International student revenue surged - but not for everyone. Here's what's coming next.

Australia Government

K

KordaMentha

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Latest Videos

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Interview with Professor Simon Rice: Sydney law professor sues NSW police

OC

O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

How should Australia combat modern slavery? (Video)

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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