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Digital assets are a rapidly evolving part of the economy. While they offer new opportunities and benefits for Australia, they also make the management of risk and consumer protection an increasingly critical concern. On 21 March 2025, the Australian Government released its "Statement on Developing an Innovative Australian Digital Asset Industry", outlining the Labor Government’s plans for reforming the digital asset landscape, its progress to date and workplan going forward.

A recent ACMA enforcement action against Telstra is a useful reminder for businesses that SMS and email marketing must include an unsubscribe facility that complies with specific rules in the Spam Act.

The Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is inviting submissions on the proposed amendments to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme and the NGER scheme forward work program.