Privacy Invaders

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recently released its "Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era" Discussion Paper that recommends 47 legislative changes as it attempts to combat serious invasions of privacy in t...

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Aluminium Extrusions Exported from China Subject to Further Scrutiny

The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission ("ADC") has yesterday initiated an anti-circumvention inquiry ("Inquiry") in relation to the exportation of certain aluminium extrusions exported to Australia by the People's Republic of Chin...

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Free Trade Agreement Concluded with Japan – the Second Leg of the North Asia Trifecta has Arrived

Following a flurry of media speculation on 7 April 2014, the Federal Government announced that Australia had concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan as Australia's second-biggest trading partner.  However, it...

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High Court Decides No General Right of Recovery of Customs Duty

On 2 April 2014, the High Court of Australia put to rest any prior belief that there is a general right of recovery outside of the refund provisions of the Customs Act 1901 ("Customs Act"). The High Court dismissed the appeal in ...

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Alan Jones to the Rescue – Change to Timing of Report of Missed Payments Under Credit Reporting Privacy Code

In an interview with Alan Jones on 2GB on 26 March 2014, Attorney General George Brandis announced that the time after which late payments could be reported to Credit Reporting Bodies under the provisions of the Credit Reporting ...

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Recent Case Law Reinterprets the Phrase “arising out of the use of a vehicle” Under the Victorian Transport Accident Act

The recent County Court of Victoria decision in Gurski v NMHG Distributions Pty Ltd & Ors [2014] VCC 112 has expanded the availability of the indemnity from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) under section 94 of the Trans...

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