legislation
Keeping up with building and construction law in NSW
For lawyers practising in building and construction law, the past few years have felt like an endurance race, writes...
02 September 2025
By Giselle Casagrande
‘The most dangerous, discriminatory, and unjust’ laws just passed
The Human Rights Law Centre has strongly criticised the Allan government’s recent bail law reforms, warning of the...
01 September 2025
By Grace Robbie
A lawyer’s reflections on year one of the right to disconnect
The introduction of the right to disconnect has been not just a regulatory shift, but a catalyst for more sustainable...
28 August 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Tribunal senior member not entitled to salary due to overseas judicial appointment, Federal Court rules
A senior member of the (now extinct) Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was not entitled to an AAT salary from the...
19 August 2025
By Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio
The legality of living in your car
Until we care enough to intervene, Australia will remain a country where our very comfort will continue to blind us to...
18 August 2025
By Adam Abbasi-Sacca
1 year on: Has Australia’s Right to Disconnect really changed the legal profession?
As Australia marks the first anniversary of the Right to Disconnect, three leading legal professionals reflect on...
13 August 2025
By Grace Robbie
PEXA seeks to recover $14m in interoperability costs
The future of competition in e-conveyancing is being thrown into further doubt, as PEXA reveals it is seeking to...
13 August 2025
By Annie Kane
NSW workers’ compensation bill should go back to ‘the design stage’, legal bodies stress
The decision by the Minns government in NSW to reform the state’s workers’ compensation legislation has sparked...
11 August 2025
By Grace Robbie
Law firms facing AML staffing squeeze
Legal professionals must move quickly on hiring for AML compliance ahead of the July 2026 deadline, one expert has...
08 August 2025
By Lawyers Weekly
Allan’s proposed WFH guarantee ‘unusually crude’, lawyers warn
In response to the Victorian government’s plan to legislate working from home as a legal right, leading lawyers...
07 August 2025
By Grace Robbie
Penalty rates bill risks legal uncertainty, partner says
Penalty rate amendments to the Fair Work Act are long overdue, but the urgency with which it has been drafted and...
06 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Labor’s social media ban poses ‘serious issues’, lawyer warns
With the Australian government now including YouTube in its new social media ban for users under 16, one principal has...
04 August 2025
By Grace Robbie
Claim farming must be banned nationwide, BigLaw says
Following the NSW government’s recent introduction of laws to stamp out claim farming, three senior lawyers from a...
23 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
Minority shareholder oppression: Lessons from Slea and Skytraders
The decisions in Slea and Skytraders demonstrate the careful balancing act courts must perform when determining whether...
16 July 2025
By Lais Almeida
AML changes are a ‘valuable opportunity’ for law firms, in-house teams to evolve compliance culture
The changes to AML/CTF laws are more than just a regulatory update – they demand proactive management and...
15 July 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Law firm principal slams ‘archaic’ $100k compensation cap for workplace bullying, sexual harassment
As part of the NSW government’s recently passed compensation reforms, a cap has been placed on damages sought for...
14 July 2025
By Kace O'Neill
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
WA cracks down on ‘crimefluencers’ with new ‘post and boast’ laws
The West Australian government is introducing new legislation targeting the sharing of social media content that...
01 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
Is Australian IP law strong enough to diminish dupe culture?
Dupe culture on trial: Here’s why trademarks alone aren’t enough under Australian IP law, writes Aparna Watal.
26 June 2025
By Aparna Watal
Post and boast laws ‘will not make the community safer’, LIV argues
Following the Victorian government’s announcement that individuals who boast about their criminal offences will face...
24 June 2025
By Grace Robbie