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Scheduled to take effect in 2027, the reform to Australian employment law is anticipated to significantly change the workforce. Here, one lawyer offers guidance for how employers should respond in the dynamic economic landscape.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled the federal budget for 2026, which he said would include “big, bold, ambitious and responsible” measures. Find out here how this year’s budget will impact legal practitioners.

General counsel are no longer just legal gatekeepers, with a new big four report revealing how they’ve evolved into strategic power players, fully embedded in organisations, shaping business decisions, managing emerging risks, and driving enterprise-wide transformation.

A new report sheds light not just on the “transformative” moment that Gen Z has arrived in the workforce, but also on how best law department leaders can get the most out of this demographic at such a critical juncture.

A Sydney solicitor accused of helping one of Australia’s largest-ever money laundering syndicates had his practising certificate suspended.

An urgent call to action was issued by the Law Council of Australia as vital children’s legal services, designed to protect the most vulnerable, edge towards collapse under persistent funding shortfalls.

Equipped with formal mediation advocacy skills, corporate counsel can directly leverage their intimate knowledge of a business to steer disputes towards outcomes that transcend legal problem solving and generate measurable enterprise value, writes Ruwan Wathukarage.

A projects partner has been added to Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s Sydney office.

Global legal AI platform Legora has had a busy few weeks, having both snapped up Melbourne-based start-up Graceview and announced a US$50 million extension of its previously announced Series D financing.

A massive Canvas data breach has impacted students at Australia’s top universities, disrupting classroom operations and raising fears of “far-reaching” consequences from the stolen personal data.