Court supervision: A mandatory injunction could lead to the undesirable possibility of the Court having to carry out continuous supervision of Darmad's conduct to ensure compliance. Again, this is ...

Improved enforcement powers: Accelerating the operation of disposal orders, restricting disposal to specified high-risk parties, and empowering the Treasurer to issue directions to third parties in ...

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, ...

A new Bill seeks to add another string to the Land and Environment Court's jurisdictional bow: disputes over councillor misconduct and corruption.

The EPBC Act reform package comprises seven Bills, with the most significant changes outlined in the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 (Reform Bill), the National Environmental Protection Agency ...

The Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix is a snapshot of need-to-know news on a range of ESD issues nationally. This edition covers Queensland's Energy Roadmap 2025, changes to the ...

The Commonwealth Government has announced changes to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules ( CPRs ).

Australia risks falling behind in its energy transition, as Europe leads the way in EV freight by aligning driver work and rest requirements with EV truck charging times. Current driver rest rules ...

The NSW Government has introduced into Parliament a Bill which proposes the most radical changes to NSW planning laws in the last decade. The changes proposed in the Environmental Planning and ...

Given the highly fact-specific nature of the "true employer" test Mosaic Brands is a useful decision about the factual circumstances for challenging artificial “employer of record” structures that ...

Liquidators accepting a new appointment will have to think carefully if there's a possibility of disclaiming onerous property as part of that appointment. Setting aside a disclaimer has received ...