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A joint committee is set to review whether any reform is needed for the Auditor-General Act 1997 as it commences the routine 10-year evaluation of governance frameworks.

More than 250,000 past and present Australian McDonald’s workers could be entitled to a massive payout from the fast food giant as it faces a looming class action.

The Victorian Supreme Court has ordered that the curfew challenge and examinations of a senior health bureaucrat must go ahead and deliver closing submissions by Friday of this week, despite the citywide curfew directions no longer being in effect.

The $800 million JobMaker Digital Business Plan has been released this week to support economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19 bringing significant opportunities arising from changes in regulatory barriers.

Boutique law firms can no longer be a “one-stop shop” for clients, but what they can do is provide specific yet holistic services for select clients by way of a corporate counsel-style engagement.

Success as a sole practitioner is much more difficult without professional relationships whereby all service providers can benefit, as well as the clients.

Legal businesses across the country are focused on keeping their heads above water, but ensuring one’s personal life is also taken care of is just as critical.

With chronic underfunding to family violence legal assistance turning away 40 per cent of victims, Women’s Legal Services Australia has appealed for a rescue package.

International law firm Ashurst has hired a director from Herbert Smith Freehills to serve as global COO of its NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance.

The Lawyer X inquiry’s counsel assisting have accused Victoria Police of trying to avoid individual blame in its most recent apology. The sensational criticisms come as lawyers for the commission continue to poke holes in the allegations levelled against them.