In our alert on 4 March 2021 we commented on an exposure draft of proposed legislation (the National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Debt Management Services) Regulations 2021) requiring that debt management and credit r...

The case of Tjoputra v Secretary, Attorney-General's Department [2021] AATA 1596 illustrates a "decision accordingly to law producing a result which is both unfair and unjust". That was the unedifying description given to it by th...

With the annual season for formal adoption of next year’s council budget upon us, we are receiving regular enquiries from councils on how best to deal with questions of councillor conflicts of interest. The definition of Gene...

The Local Government Act 2020 (new Act) has implemented a long awaited overhaul of the Local Government Act 1989 (old Act). While the new Act received Royal Assent early last year, such an ambitious reform of the local government ...

ASIC is undertaking a further round of consultation in connection with its review of the ePayments Code. Back in March 2019, ASIC issued a Consultation Paper 310 (review of the ePayments Code). It then consulted widely with ind...

From 1 July 2021, amendments to the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) definition of "consumer" will significantly extend consumer protections. The definition – the current form of which has been in place since 1986 – was, among...