The ACL is Australia's primary consumer protection law, regulating goods and services and providing consumers with rights of ...

We've explored some of the challenges of AI implementation, from navigating the different perspectives on AI in your organisation to managing the many moving parts. In the last article in the series, ...

In ASIC's 2025 update on licensing and professional registration activities published on 10 November 2025, ASIC acknowledges the 31 March 2026 expiry date, but states that it will announce its ...

Rod Halstead is consistently rated amongst the top Australian lawyers for mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and governance. He has more than 40 years' experience advising major domestic and ...

The AER currently operates as a combined entity with the ACCC under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, with the ACCC Chair serving as its accountable authority. However, ...

The recent decision in Waller v Barrett is significant because the Court determined that the Australian common law should now recognise a cause of action for serious invasions of privacy, which could ...

To use the newly introduced “public interest defence”, it's vitally important for a publisher to demonstrate that the steps they took to inform themselves of matters relevant to their belief were ...

Material adverse change or effect (MAC) clauses are a common feature in M&A transactions, especially in the public M&A space. These clauses are intended to protect buyers by allowing them to walk away ...

Caroline Bush, Emma Covacevich (CEP), Paul James, Bruce Lloyd, Shae McCartney and Ross McInnes (Chair).