Australia: IT and Internet

Victoria's new Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan introduces comprehensive planning, renewable energy, and community benefit requirements for data centre developments. The regulations establish location restrictions, noise limits, renewable energy mandates, and water supply requirements while creating new referral authorities to oversee compliance. These changes will significantly impact how developers and operators plan and execute data centre projects in Victoria's rapidly expanding market.

Understanding who can be held liable for defamatory statements requires examining the complex legal concept of publication in defamation law. From traditional publishers to modern digital intermediaries, the scope of liability extends far beyond the original author, though recent Queensland legislation has introduced important exemptions and defences for certain online actors.

The Australian Government's proposed digital duty of care reforms would extend online safety obligations far beyond social media platforms to encompass any business operating websites, digital platforms, or AI-enabled tools. Rather than simply responding to complaints, businesses would need to proactively identify foreseeable risks and implement safeguards, with substantial penalties for non-compliance reaching up to $109.2 million for companies. The exposure draft introduces a fundamental shift from reacti

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Australia's High Court is set to rule on whether bitcoin constitutes property under common law, with the Australian Taxation Office intervening to protect over a decade of tax administration based on treating cryptocurrency as a taxable asset. Meanwhile, AUSTRAC launches new supervisory campaigns targeting virtual asset service providers, and the Reserve Bank releases findings from Project Acacia exploring tokenised finance in wholesale markets.

Choosing the wrong Australian corporate immigration law firm does not just slow down a visa application. It can expose your organisation to sponsor compliance risk, leave skilled workers stranded mid-process...

If you are impacted by cyberfraud, it is critical to act quickly and have a pre-determined plan in place.

Engaging third parties through referral or reseller agreements could sell more licences and increase your customer base.

The next stage of reform aims to modernise Australia's defamation laws to align with social media and internet usage.