Closing the AI adoption gap: Australia needs the skills to match the technology
The question isn’t whether AI will transform legal practice – it already is. The question is whether Australian firms will lead or lag in that transformation, writes ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 09 Dec 2025
King & Wood Mallesons to split
The Chinese and Australian partnerships of King & Wood Mallesons have agreed to formally separate, just 14 years after joining forces to create “a firm for ‘the Asian ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 09 Dec 2025
RBA makes final rate call for 2025
The Reserve Bank has been widely expected to keep the cash rate on hold ahead of Christmas. In this special announcement, brought to you by Legal Home Loans, find out if ...
POLITICS • Tue, 09 Dec 2025
InfoTrack, Grant Thornton team up for AML/CTF offering
Technology provider InfoTrack and major audit, tax, and advisory firm Grant Thornton have unveiled a collaboration to support professionals with the Tranche 2 AML/CTF ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 08 Dec 2025
A failure to scrap convictions, Lehrmann’s loss, and bullying accusations: What’s hot in law this week (1–5 Dec)
This past week, several practitioners were referred to regulators for relying on material prepared by AI, and a solicitor sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment was struck ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 05 Dec 2025
Legal Practice Board of WA completes post-hack review
The board says services are continuing to come back online, but the risk of further data leakage remains low following takedown efforts.
BIG LAW • Thu, 04 Dec 2025
Understanding conservative political alignment among refugees: Implications for Australian legal and policy practice
A more nuanced understanding of refugee political identity can only strengthen Australia’s commitment to the rule of law, access to justice and meaningful democratic ...
POLITICS • Wed, 03 Dec 2025
The rise of ‘unmeritorious’ workplace claims in the age of AI
According to workplace lawyers, employers are facing a growing wave of claims that lack merit, at a time when the use of new and emerging technologies is growing
BIG LAW • Wed, 03 Dec 2025
Going from 1 child to 2 ‘reshapes everything’ for lawyers
Becoming a parent, while working as a lawyer, upends one’s personal and professional being. The jump to having a second child – as one partner put it – is “exciting, but ...
CAREERS • Wed, 03 Dec 2025
