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Tranche 2 countdown: AUSTRAC compliance pressure mounts as AML Edge 2025 returns this October

As Australia’s long-awaited Tranche 2 anti-money laundering reforms move closer to enforcement, pressure is mounting...

01 July 2025

By Lawyers Weekly

Politics

Is now the time for young lawyers to buy property?

Current and looming market conditions may suggest that young legal professionals who are looking to get their feet onto...

30 June 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

EnergyAustralia settlement puts offset claims under legal scrutiny

The recent settlement of a landmark proceeding by EnergyAustralia serves as a warning to companies with carbon-neutral...

25 June 2025

By Claire Snyder and Kirsty Ruddock

Politics

Lawyer urges public education campaign on coercive control laws

With coercive control now established as a stand-alone criminal offence in Queensland, a Queensland-based law firm...

20 June 2025

By Grace Robbie

Politics

Trump administration sued over ‘uniquely destructive’ intimidation of BigLaw firms

The American Bar Association has filed proceedings against the US government, as well as federal departments and...

18 June 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

‘A second Gilded Age’: Employer power over workers’ speech has gone too far, principal says

Liberal democracies like Australia should encourage citizens to freely express views without interference from...

09 June 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

Former Victorian Liberal leader impersonated in fake GoFundMe page

A fake GoFundMe campaign was set up claiming to support former Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto in raising...

26 May 2025

By David Hollingworth

Politics

Job-sharing Senate candidates to keep pushing for systemic change

While Bronwen Bock and Lucy Bradlow’s campaign to become Australia’s first-ever job-sharing senators did not result...

14 May 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

Could Trump-like attacks on the judiciary happen here?

Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump’s attacks on the legal system – from probing BigLaw firm’s DEI...

07 May 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

Most marginal seats to be won (or lost) by lawyers

In the 10 most marginal electorates nationwide, legal professionals feature prominently as candidates jostling to...

02 May 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy