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Federal Government passes wide-ranging data retention laws
Telecommunications and internet service providers will incur significant new compliance costs under the Federal Government's controversial new data retention laws. ...
Fact sheet: What price to pay for social media in the workplace?
Theres an assumption that everyone is on social media these days even when theyre at work - and they probably are Many startups embrace social media but as an employer you will need to understand and manage the risks that come with the use of social media in the workplace ...
Federal Budget 2015: Start-ups in the spotlight
With a 55 billion Jobs and Small Business Package Treasurer Joe Hockey placed start-ups and small businesses front-and-centre of the Australian Federal Governmentrsquos 2015-16 BudgetnbspPartner Gavin Smith Senior Associates Valeska Bloch and Shaun Cartoon and Associate Tom Griffin look at the key ...
A shake-up for the NBN and the wider telecommunications industry
The Federal Government has announced new regulatory measures that it hopes will create a more competition-friendly telecommunications environment and ensure that the National Broadband Network NBN is rolled out across the nation as quickly as possible Two new Government policy papers released last ...
A new dawn for crowd sourced equity funding?
CAMAC and the FSI have acknowledged that the current Australian regulatory settings are hostile to crowd sourced equity funding A recently released Treasury Discussion Paper has considered three options for law reform and what each might mean for the development of this innovative form of capital ...
GST on offshore services and intangible supplies
GST is to be applied to the supply of services and other intangibles by non-residents to Australian consumers under legislation proposed to apply from 1 July 2017 This will include the supply of digital products and the supply of other services The liability for GST on such supplies made through an ...
Allens advises Public Transport Victoria on myki re-tendering
In one of the largest and most complex government tender processes in Australia, Allens has advised Public Transport Victoria on the competitive tender for the operation of the myki ticketing syste ...
Allens advises Computer Sciences Corporation on the acquisition of UXC Ltd
Allens has advised global IT services provider, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), on the $427.6 million acquisition of UXC Ltd (UXC), Australia's largest publicly-owned IT services company. CSC ...
Allens advises M2 Group on major trans-Tasman acquisition
Allens has advised Australian ASX-listed company M2 Group Ltd on its full acquisition of New Zealand's third largest internet service provider for A$245 million. The deal will see M2 Group purchase ...
Major overhaul of Australia's foreign investment laws: what's new?
The new package of legislation overhauling Australias foreign investment laws the first major revision in 40 years commenced on 1 December 2015 While many features of the previous regime have been retained and sometimes re-named there are also a number of significant changes Partners Jeremy Low ...