Labor

5 new courtrooms to open in Sydney in $500m NSW justice boost

The NSW government has announced a $34.5 million investment to construct at least five new courtrooms and 10 virtual...

02 June 2025

By Grace Robbie

Proposed non-compete ban could backfire on workers, firm warns

The intended non-compete ban proposed by the re-elected Labor government could ultimately do more harm than good for...

20 May 2025

By Grace Robbie

Labor accused of stacking FWC with ‘union and lawyer mates’

A principal from Maurice Blackburn has been named as deputy president of the Fair Work Commission, while four other...

26 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

20 new VCAT members appointed

Twenty new members have been appointed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), in a move which will...

04 December 2023

By Lauren Croft

What’s in Labor’s budget for lawyers?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down the first federal budget for the Albanese Labor government — the ALP’s first...

26 October 2022

By Lauren Croft and Jerome Doraisamy

Labor to introduce workplace bill to wages and address gender inequity

The government is set to introduce the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill into Federal Parliament this...

24 October 2022

By Jess Feyder

ESG considerations following Labor’s win

Given the Albanese government’s focus on climate change moving forward, lawyers – particularly those in renewables...

01 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Can lawyers benefit from Labor’s new housing policy?

The new Albanese government is proposing a provision of equity contributions of up to 40 per cent of the purchase price...

31 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Are boutique firms happy with Labor’s small-business plan?

On the question of whether Labor’s “Better Deal for Small Business” will help boutiques, firm owners are...

26 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Will renewables ‘ramp up’ under Labor?

From the legislation of emission reduction targets to the advancement of electric vehicles, what is set to change for...

26 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Looming IR reforms for lawyers to be across

The new Labor government has signalled significant reform in the industrial relations area to...

26 May 2022

By Simon Levett

Labor’s win ‘great news’ for class actions (depending on who you ask)

“Litigation funders and plaintiff law firms will be pleased with the election result. Corporate defendants and their...

25 May 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Meet the law professor standing for Labor in North Sydney

Citizens have a responsibility, human rights law Professor Catherine Renshaw believes, to be politically aware and...

04 April 2022

By Robyn Tongol

Why are lawyers backing Albo?

New research conducted by Momentum Intelligence, unveiled earlier this week, shows that – by a comprehensive margin...

24 February 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

REVEALED: Who lawyers are voting for in the federal election

New research conducted by Momentum Intelligence outlines who Australian legal professionals are planning to cast their...

21 February 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Labor staffer, second-year law student charged with two counts of rape

A federal political staffer and second-year law student has been charged with two counts of rape over an incident...

20 September 2021

By Naomi Neilson

New bill introduced to further support victim-survivors

A new bill introduced to Parliament this week will further allow the stories of victim-survivors to be shared after...

04 August 2021

By Lauren Croft

Ex-Labor MP joins Sydney firm

Sydney firm Landerer & Company has poached Herbert Geer senior counsel and former federal minister Gary Punch to...

28 February 2014

By Priya Murthy