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Requirements and responsibilities under the EPA Act's new contaminated land regime
This Insight explores the new contaminated land regime introduced into the Environment Protection Act 2017 (Vic) by the recently passed Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018 (Vic) ...
Third tranche of draft CCIV legislation released
Draft legislation intended to address some of the continuing gaps in the proposed corporate collective investment vehicle framework has been released with submissions on it closing soon Partner Marc Kemp and Associate Mai Go report ...
Royal Commission: Round 3 - experiences with SME lending
The third round of the Royal Commissions hearings concerned lending practices to small and medium enterprises SMEs The hearings considered a range of case studies ...
Competing class actions - no 'one size fits all' solution
The Full Federal Court has held that when the court is faced with multiple competing class actions in relation to the same issue it can choose one to proceed and stay the others In doing so it said that there is no one size fits all solution to the problem of competing class actions and that ...
Compulsory social insurance regime is to apply to foreign employees in Vietnam
Social insurance contributions from foreign employees working in Vietnam and their employers were required from 1 January 2018 but lack of guidance has meant a hold on the practice until now The Government has finally issued a long-awaited decree that implements the compulsory social insurance ...
Farm operator guilty after fatal dingo chase
The NSW District Court decided that a farm operator was guilty of failing to provide a safe work environment after a worker died chasing a dingo. Senior Associate Tegan Ayling and Lawyer James Daniel report. ...
Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update: May 2019
In this update we summarise the progress of new and existing rule change requests across the month of May and take a closer look at the AEMC's final report on the regulatory framework for stand-alone power systems. ...
DDO and PYS - two cases of madness
Lawyers working in the field of financial regulation have become inured to said regulation producing weird, unintended outcomes. Even so, there are two outcomes produced by recently enacted laws that are unequivocally crazy. ...
What's next for impact investing in Australia?
The Australian impact investing market has grown considerably in recent years and growth is largely attributed to a surge of impact investment with focus on environmental rather than social outcomes. ...
ASIC's proposed market integrity rules for technological and operational resilience could impose far-reaching obligations
The COAG Energy Council Hydrogen Working Group continues its work on the National Hydrogen Strategy, with the release of its issues papers series. The nine papers are a fascinating look at the breadth, depth and interwoven nature of the issues facing hydrogen. ...