The CCA’s final advice revised its earlier 65-75% range recommendation to 62-70% which requires roughly halving Australia's current emissions in the next decade, and a per capita decline of 76-81% ...

The Aristocrat decision may ease the road to patentability for certain CIIs (eg., potentially inventions that involve the use of generative AI to interact with a user), such inventions will still need ...

The defence, which the Full Court described as "barely arguable", was that ordinary consumers would assume that the advertisements involved "puffery", and that the "60 months free" could not be taken ...

The decision follows recent changes to Queensland's regulatory landscape for wind or large-scale solar projects introduced by the Planning (Social Impact and Community Benefit) and Other Legislation ...

ASIC’s final report is a clear call to action for Australia’s private credit sector. Boards and managers must move decisively to address the regulator’s concerns, or risk facing enforcement action as ...

There is no "five year requirement" for the section 58 statements that need to be filed with exploration licence applications, following the important and awaited decision in Richmond v Warden Thomas ...

The Australian Treasury has released its quarterly report on foreign investment for 1 October to 31 December 2024 (Q2 2024/25), offering insights into foreign investment activity in Australia, ...

As shown by the New South Wales Court of Appeal in the Yowie Group case, when litigation is heated and progressing quickly, a short, four-day offer of compromise window can be "reasonable" enough to ...

Clayton Utz has advised Optus on an agreement for the sale and licence-back of around 340 mobile tower and rooftop sites to leading Australian digital infrastructure operator Waveconn. The transaction ...

Governments are beginning to use direct governance rights embedded through tailored equity arrangements, giving them a more structured and durable means of safeguarding sovereign interests ...

ASIC's message is unambiguous: investment due diligence and compliance oversight are no longer back-office exercises but core fiduciary and operational functions. Recent regulatory action highlights ...

A legal due diligence process will always involve potential buyers gaining access to confidential information of the vendor and the target group companies. [1] In some cases, this information may be ...