Thanks to billions of wirelessly connected devices across the globe gathering and transmitting data about our lives, we face a potentially enormous threat to our privacy. At the annual International Conference of Data Protectio...

Australia has announced the completion of negotiations for a China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.  For those involved in Australia-China trade, we set out below key considerations and steps to take to best prepare for the commen...

With the announcement that negotiations over the Australia China free trade agreement have concluded, your clients will be interested to discover how this new FTA will affect them. Here, we provide guidance on common importer/...

Hunt & Hunt together with the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) has made a joint submission to Customs regarding their proposed changes to the criteria for making tariff concession orders (TCO). The changes proposed by Cus...

On 21 October 2014, Commissioner O'Neill refused Development Application 199/2014 (Johnson v Hornsby Shire Council [2014] NSWLEC 1215) for a new dwelling at Beecroft, due to the ability for a significant amount of remnant Blue Gu...

The Trusted Trader Program (TTP) is currently being developed by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and will impact all those involved in the international trade of goods.  Under the program "trusted traders" wi...