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ASIC targets governance in ESG-marketed fund greenwashing case
ASIC has alleged governance failures and misleading conduct against the responsible entity of an ESG-marketed registered managed investment scheme. On 2 October 2025, it commenced civil penalty procee ...
Government consults on expanding Australian financial services law to digital assets
After a long period of discussion about potential digital asset reform, the Treasury has released draft legislation—the Treasury Laws Amendment (Regulating Digital Asset, and Tokenised Custody, ...
The rise of stablecoins—Australian regulatory developments and their global context
Major progress is being made in modernising Australia's digital asset regulatory framework. ASIC Corporations (Stablecoin Distribution Exemption) Instrument 2025/631 grants class relief for intermedia ...
Food and beverage law bulletin 2025
Our 2025 Food and beverage law bulletin highlights key legal and regulatory updates, including ACCC recycling schemes, FSANZ Code changes, biosecurity measures, trade mark trends, ESG reforms, and greenwashing enforcement along with essential insights for compliance, brand protection and sustainability. ...
The future is written: the implications of Australia's 2035 emissions target
Australia’s newly announced 2035 emissions reduction target, set at 62–70% below 2005 levels, marks a defining moment in the nation’s climate policy evolution. Backed by the release ...
Recent developments in employment law
The latest issues, decisions and proposed changes impacting business and workplace risk. ...
Major NSW planning reform announced
Last week, a draft bill proposing major amendments to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) was tabled in NSW Parliament. While much of the planning reform this year ...
Market Settings Review: the Market Making Obligation and improving derivatives market liquidity in the NEM
A key focus area set out in the recent NEM Wholesale Market Setting Review Draft Report (Market Settings Review) is to improve electricity derivative market liquidity as a 'pre-emptive' measure to mai ...
No more 'two-stepping' around manner of manufacture?
Australia’s approach to patenting computer‑implemented inventions has just shifted decisively. In Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2025] FCAFC 131, the Full F ...