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Stanwell Corporation and CS Energy have been hit with a class action alleging the companies ripped off businesses and households over the past five years through “bidding games”.

Victoria has passed laws establishing criminal penalties for employers who deliberately underpay or don’t pay their workers, and now the rest of the country must follow suit, say plaintiff firms.

The modernisation of business communications is a new key priority for the federal government, an announcement welcomed by the Governance Institute of Australia.

The Law Council of Australia has called for the federal government to reconsider the push for mandatory minimum sentences.

Johnson Winter & Slattery has advised on the development of a proposed underground gas storage facility, set to be located in Victoria.

Western Australia has passed a bill to end the controversial imprisonment of residents with unpaid fines after the inhumane death of a young Aboriginal woman in custody.

A new legal start-up in Victoria connecting law students with renters seeking advice for rental repairs has seen a 600 per cent increase in demand amid COVID-19.

With the bill to remove dual regulation officially passed legal practitioners operating in the migration legal advice industry will see major transformation.

The tragic death of Ann Marie Smith has highlighted significant gaps in the legal framework designed to protect people with disabilities.

The president and council of the ACT Law Society have warmly welcomed its new chief executive officer.