On 22 February 2022, the Victorian Parliament passed the Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021 and Royal Assent is expected imminently. The new law recognises that sex work is lawful work, and therefore should be regulated under...

In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the Federal Government has announced the extension of existing autonomous sanctions against Russia and Ukraine so as to apply these sanctions regimes to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Uk...

Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021: Why the legislative reform? The Victorian Government considers that the sex work regulatory framework in Victoria perpetuated harm, stigmatisation and discrimination of sex workers attempting...

In July 2021 the Victorian Government announced a new package of rent relief measures for eligible retail and commercial tenants in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, which applied for the period 28 July 2021 to 15 Janu...

On 15 January 2022, the Victorian Government announced a further two month extension to the Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme (CTRS), from 16 January 2022 to 15 March 2022. This extension comes in response to the Omicron wave of...

Introduction Last month, the ACCC published a media release warning public sector agencies of the potential for collusion between bidders responding to tender requests issued by government entities. The warning was motivated b...