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‘It looks like a vote buyer to me’: SME firms react to budget 2022

After the 2022-23 federal budget was announced this week, numerous SME and boutique law firms have weighed in on what...

31 March 2022

By Lauren Croft

Politics

Department of Communities and Justice ordered to compensate terminated caseworker

An NSW child-protection caseworker has been compensated after being “harshly” dismissed by the Department of...

31 March 2022

By Lauren Croft

Politics

Budget 2022: What lawyers need to know

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has handed down the 2022-23 federal budget, in anticipation of the looming election. Here are...

29 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

KWM partner appointed to Payments System Board

A financial markets and financial systems law expert at global law firm King & Wood Mallesons has been appointed as...

23 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

‘It’s time this wrongdoing is addressed across the country’

Following a promise from the Victorian government to spend over $4 million in support of those affected by historical...

17 March 2022

By Lauren Croft

Politics

Australia launches MH17 legal proceedings against Russia

The federal government, together with the Netherlands, has initiated legal proceedings against the Russian Federation...

15 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

Lawyers more concerned with sexual harassment as a voting issue than other professions

More so than those in other professional services strands, lawyers rank sexual harassment and misconduct as an issue of...

10 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

Minters partner appointed to Takeovers Panel

A public markets M&A partner at BigLaw firm MinterEllison is one of four new members of the federal government’s...

09 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

Kain Lawyers director appointed to Takeovers Panel

A public markets specialist at mid-tier firm Kain Lawyers has been appointed by the federal government to the Takeovers...

08 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Politics

What political issues are most important to lawyers?

New research conducted by Momentum Intelligence has revealed the priorities for Labor and Liberal voters within the...

28 February 2022

By Lauren Croft