Insights for February 2023

02/02/2023 - Australia’s Emissions Safeguard Mechanism gets teeth 02/02/2023 - Business interruption insurance for COVID-19 – do you have a valid claim? 02/02/2023 - Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix 34: Safeguard Mechanism, hydrogen, offshore petroleum, critical minerals 02/02/2023 - Fraud associated with flexible work arrangements added to the list of COVID side effects 02/02/2023 - High Court to finally resolve Future Acts for purposes ancillary to mining under the Native Title Act 02/02/2023 - Historic commitment to conserve 30% of the world’s terrestrial and marine areas adopted at COP15 02/02/2023 - Litigation 101: Evidence – using foreign law in Australian litigation 02/02/2023 - NSW EPA to limit GHG emissions under new Climate Change Policy and Action Plan 07/02/2023 - ASIC changes to the new employee share scheme regime for listed entities 07/02/2023 - ASIC changes to the new employee share scheme regime for unlisted entities 07/02/2023 - NSW Generation LTESAs – Top 10 Bankability Considerations 07/02/2023 - The ipso facto stay in voluntary administration: first decision gives some (limited) guidance 09/02/2023 - A mixed bag for liquidators in High Court decisions on claims of unfair preference or other voidable transactions 10/02/2023 - Australian Government releases final report of the Levy Quality of Advice Review 10/02/2023 - Do new security of critical infrastructure rules apply to you? 16/02/2023 - Attorney-General releases report following two-year review of the Privacy Act 21/02/2023 - ASIC's 2023 regulatory timetable, updated enforcement priorities and latest enforcement and regulatory report 21/02/2023 - High Court affirms and bolsters the rules of unilateral waivers in contract law 21/02/2023 - Properly made development applications in Queensland – when is the consent of a body corporate required? 21/02/2023 - The age of the self-driving bureaucracy? ChatGPT and the Public Sector 21/02/2023 - The use of AI in insurance: When will the hype become help?