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Australia should ‘be the adult in the room’ on AI regulation
While looming Californian legislation sparks debate over safety and innovation, Australia will do well to maintain a...
13 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Electoral processes must be safeguarded, says NSW Law Society
Ahead of this weekend’s local elections in NSW, the president of the Law Society of NSW has urged the state...
11 September 2024
By Grace Robbie
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$202m secured for Indigenous workers whose wages were stolen
A settlement has been reached between the Commonwealth and thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples...
09 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
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4 ways Commonwealth government procurement teams can improve complaints handling
Procurement complaints are a risk to Commonwealth agencies achieving their objectives. Not only can they result in the...
05 September 2024
By Ingrid Bremers and Kimberley Baillie
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Grey zone warfare, state competition investigated in Australian-first podcast
Contested Ground, a new podcast investigating the complex and murky world of grey zone warfare as nations compete on...
04 September 2024
By Momentum Media
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‘Disturbing’: Tax lawyers push back on proposal to register with regulator
Taxation lawyers have slammed the “ill-advised and regrettable” that they register with the Tax Practitioners Board...
30 August 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
A lawyer’s plea for better support for LGBTI elders
Despite significant strides towards equality in many areas of life, LGBTI elders remain among the most vulnerable,...
29 August 2024
By Nicholas Stewart
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CEO of Administrative Review Tribunal named
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has appointed the new chief executive and principal registrar of the Administrative...
23 August 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Practitioners’ guide on ‘difficult applicants’ kept secret
The NSW justice department remained mostly tight-lipped on a presentation that taught practitioners how to “deal with...
22 August 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Politics
AHRC pledges support for parliamentary push to make adequate housing a human right
The Australian Human Rights Commission has thrown its support behind a private member’s bill that would recognise the...
15 August 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy