Insights for September 2017

01/09/2017 - Getting the Deal Through Product Liability - 2017 01/09/2017 - The Tribunal talks TPD 04/09/2017 - Agricultural export legislation – the Federal Government is seeking your views 08/09/2017 - Termination of the Murdoch Enterprise Agreement and its impact on future bargaining 11/09/2017 - WA budget update – new foreign owner duty surcharge on the way 12/09/2017 - Safe harbour reforms passed, and anti-phoenixing reforms on the way 13/09/2017 - International Comparative Legal Guide - Business Crime 2018 14/09/2017 - A bridge too far: The Vulnerable Workers Bill eroding the presumption of innocence for more than just "dodgy employers"? 14/09/2017 - AEMO chimes in on energy security measures 14/09/2017 - Brave new world: NSW biodiversity conservation reforms commence 14/09/2017 - Bringing fairness to the building industry: new proposed processes for securing payment for contractors in Queensland 14/09/2017 - Building a better ICT procurement process: the impact on Australian Government Agencies 14/09/2017 - Coal mine owners in NSW to be directly liable for subsidence damage 14/09/2017 - Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles: A brave new world? 14/09/2017 - Filing a trade mark application in the wrong name can be fatal 14/09/2017 - New tax incentive to boost minerals exploration 14/09/2017 - New tenfold penalties for "serious contraventions" ‒ where does this leave franchisors and holding companies? 14/09/2017 - Queensland embedded network customers to have access to electricity retailers of choice 14/09/2017 - Ready or not: Time to transition to the new biodiversity conservation framework for NSW 14/09/2017 - Taking out the trash: ACCC brings first unfair contract terms case 28/09/2017 - A new frontier for therapeutic goods advertising: consultation paper released 28/09/2017 - A simpler, more streamlined framework for agricultural exports on the way 28/09/2017 - Asia Region Funds Passport: initiatives to promote the competitiveness of the Australian funds sector 28/09/2017 - Australia-India Economic Strategy open for submissions 28/09/2017 - Be careful what you click ‒ jurisdictional issues lurk when contracting online 28/09/2017 - Courting combustible cladding reform 28/09/2017 - Getting Agencies ready for ipso facto reform 28/09/2017 - Greater certainty (for some) with the new administrative safe harbour for “fixed trust” status 28/09/2017 - Phoenix activity in Federal Government's sights 28/09/2017 - Queensland Government updates Market-Led Proposal Guidelines 28/09/2017 - Shifting gears on foreign bribery: Australia's proposed measures expose more Australian companies 28/09/2017 - The implied freedom of political communication does not help an employee who disagrees with their employer's policies 28/09/2017 - The long and the short of it: Victorian Government announces new long service leave legislative scheme 28/09/2017 - Which parts of the Australian Consumer Law are going to be amended? The Ministers decide 29/09/2017 - Anti-phoenixing reforms to corporate law, tax law and insolvency now open for consultation