The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft new Immunity and Cooperation Policy for Cartel Conduct (new policy) and a supporting Frequently Asked Questions document (FAQs) for public comment. ...

Bill referred to Senate Committee for report The proposed Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) abolition bill that Kevin Andrews, the Minister for Social Services, introduced into Parliament last Wednesday h...

On Wednesday, 19 March 2014, the Abbott Government launched its "cutting red tape" agenda by introducing into Parliament an omnibus of legislation designed to repeal what it says is 9,500 unnecessary regulations and 1,000 redundan...

The Federal Government is committed to abolishing the new third sector regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) (established in late 2012 by the Gillard Labor government), and repealing the Chariti...

We explore this topical issue across two articles. Here, we cover various issues that employers should be mindful of and carefully consider when they are informed of an employee's pregnancy, and during the employee's pregnancy.  ...

The harmonisation of work health and safety legislation in Australia continues with the commencement of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations ("the Mines' Regulations") in South Australia on 1 January 2014. The Mines' ...