Insights for July 2022

01/07/2022 - Tax hikes for Queensland landholders with interstate landholdings 07/07/2022 - “Second Vacancy” not needed to offer casual conversion in the APS 07/07/2022 - Big changes proposed for Queensland Privacy and Right to Information laws 07/07/2022 - Free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union back on the table – with some caveats 07/07/2022 - Keeping up with the changing landscape of professional engineers' registration requirements 07/07/2022 - Labor Government’s plans for “better” competition and consumer law 07/07/2022 - Litigation 101: The implied undertaking and how to manage your obligations 07/07/2022 - Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 102: building reform and regulation, underestimated renovation costs, WA security of payment 07/07/2022 - NSW embedded networks inquiry closing soon 07/07/2022 - Sweeping data privacy reform planned, and first dedicated Minister for Cyber Security appointed 07/07/2022 - The curious case of casual employment in Australia 07/07/2022 - UK aiming to avoid food shortages through National Food Strategy: what about Australia? 07/07/2022 - Unravelling phoenix transactions: complications in relief in the first test of the new anti-phoenixing laws 20/07/2022 - Environment Minister signals fundamental changes to national environmental law 21/07/2022 - Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 103 21/07/2022 - A Bill for the protection of intersex rights in a medical setting 21/07/2022 - Enterprise bargaining trends: paid climate disaster leave, gender affirmation leave and more 21/07/2022 - Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix 28: NGER reporting, carbon credits, water management, electricity grid and net zero 21/07/2022 - How to prepare for upcoming Security of Critical Infrastructure obligations 21/07/2022 - Litigation 101: Examinations under section 19 of ASIC Act 21/07/2022 - Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure releases its v.02 beta framework for comment 21/07/2022 - UN-convened group seeks to standardise net-zero commitments 21/07/2022 - Proptech: Building and managing a smarter future in a post-COVID-19 world 22/07/2022 - New fee and cost disclosure requirements for superannuation and managed investment scheme products start 30 September 26/07/2022 - Revised Building Code released, and reduction in powers of the ABCC 29/07/2022 - ASIC imposes first DDO stop orders as it focuses on DDO compliance