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A tribunal has determined whether a Queensland lawyer should have to pay for his failed discrimination lawsuit, with his former employer arguing his repeated absences from hearings, lengthy material, and irrelevant allegations drove up its legal costs.

Following a scornful report into the handling of a media pitch by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the NSW Attorney-General and the state’s premier legal bodies have delivered a swift rebuke of a recommendation for an “oversight” committee.

The 1 July 2026 reforms to the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) should change the way lawyers advise on Commonwealth procurement, joint ventures, and First Nations business structures. The question is no longer only who appears on the share register. It is who can actually direct the business, writes Matthew Karakoulakis.

To assist its clients with navigating an increasingly innovative business landscape, Griffith Hack has promoted four senior lawyers.

In a move that has built further depth across its personal and business legal services in Western Australia, HHG Legal Group has promoted six lawyers, including one to its partnership.

Following another year of strong financial performance, personal injury firm Arnold Thomas & Becker has promoted 25 professionals across its legal, legal support, and administration teams.

While AI has become the face of legal transformation, Danielle Nahum argues it’s not the force redefining legal excellence – at least not on its own, with far broader shifts fundamentally changing what excellence in the profession now demands.

A Sunshine Coast-based family law firm has expanded its Queensland footprint with the opening of a second office.

Disciplinary action was imposed on an HWLE partner who bombarded his builder with more than 100 discourteous and abusive text messages, including a threat that he was “going to bite you hard”.

National law firm Russell Kennedy has strengthened its senior ranks by promoting 25 lawyers across the firm, including the elevation of a health and community sector specialist to partner.