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61 Results
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Employment alert
23 May 2023 Between a rock and a hard place - When is a resignation voluntary or forced?
What you need to know: The Fair Work Commission has recently determined a series of unfair dismissal cases where employees have claimed they were forced…
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fund insider | issue 8
27 Apr 2023 Material adverse change clauses in finance documents
As the economic headwinds indicate that borrowers will continue to face financial pressures in 2023 and beyond, lenders are seeking ways to exercise more…
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EMPLOYMENT ALERT
20 Apr 2023 Closing the pay gap: recent changes to WGEA employer reporting obligations
What you need to knowThe Australian Parliament recently passed the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Act 2023, which seeks to…
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Victorian Water Law Update
30 Mar 2023 Limitation periods for water law claims down the drain?
Authors: Jane Hall, Partner; James Clarke, Partner; and Ben Kilbride, Lawyer
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Environment & Planning Alert
12 Dec 2022 Government set to reform national environmental laws – but there are some challenges for industry
The Federal Government has released its Nature Positive Plan: Better for the Environment, Better for Business in response to the 2020 Independent Review of…
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digital assets digest
08 Dec 2022 Global Digital Assets Digest: December 2022
Welcome to this month's Global Digital Assets Digest. We have bumper edition to round off the year. We recently submitted our response to the Law Commission's…
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Employment Alert
28 Oct 2022 The genie is out of the bottle: Proposed reforms to the Fair Work Act
What you need to know The Bill makes significant changes to arrangements for enterprise bargaining which risk further shifting the focus away from both…
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Employment Alert
04 Oct 2022 Respect@Work laws introduced: A positive duty to prevent sexual harassment
Respect@Work laws introduced: A positive duty to prevent sexual harassment
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Infrastructure Industry Update
01 Aug 2022 Cost escalation in infrastructure projects
IntroductionThe aftermath of Covid 19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and factors such as the post Brexit fallout and unprecedented weather events in…
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Environment and Planning Alert
17 Dec 2021 Victorian Water Act amendments set to make a splash
Authors: Jane Hall, Partner; Lucas Spezzacatena, Lawyer
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RSSG and Environment Alert
05 Nov 2021 Not so appealing - Court of Appeal confirms liquidator liability for contamination clean-up costs despite disclaimer
Authors: Michael Sloan, Partner; Jane Hall, Partner; Panagiota Houpis, Lawyer; Tess Birch, Lawyer
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Offshore Oil & Gas Alert
28 Sep 2021 Updates to Australia's offshore oil and gas framework
Australia's offshore oil and gas decommissioning laws have been amended in significant ways. Approval from the National Offshore Petroleum Titles…
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competiiton law newsletter | australia
16 Sep 2021 Shield lost - Lorna Jane fined $5 million for false claims of anti-COVID-19 activewear
The Federal Court has fined Lorna Jane $5 million for false and misleading claims about anti-virus, anti-COVID-19 activewear.
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employment and safety matters alert
30 Aug 2021 An HR & Safety issue: Preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the workplace
In this Alert, we consider employers' existing duties to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace, imminent changes to the legislative regime for dealing…
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Employment Law Update
06 May 2021 Equality Act: Choosing a suitable comparator - two recent cases
Employment tribunals should not weigh themselves down with extensive fact-finding exercises on the issue of whether the comparators would be employed on the…
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Environment & Planning Alert
04 May 2021 Installation of Telstra's payphone cabinets not exempt from planning approval
New Telstra payphones require planning approval, says Full Federal Court.
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Environment & Planning Alert
02 Mar 2021 EPBC Act reform on track following Independent Review
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021
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pensions update
11 Feb 2021 Defined benefit pension schemes: new criminal offences for corporates, lenders, counterparties and advisers
In this briefing, we consider certain new criminal offences under the Pension Schemes Act 2021 and in particular how these offences may apply to ordinary…
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New Victorian Environment Protection Laws
14 Jan 2021 Final versions of new Victorian Environment Protection Regulations and Environment Reference Standard released
Authors: Jane Hall, Partner and Madeleine Noonan, Lawyer
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Offshore Oil & Gas Alert
12 Jan 2021 Proposed changes to Australia's offshore oil and gas decommissioning framework
Authors: Jane Hall, Partner; Ian Harris, Lawyer
