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Allens acts on NAIF loan package for WA's Beyondie project
News 09 Dec 2019

Located 160 km south east of Newman, the Project aims to produce SOP, a high-yield, premium fertiliser, for domestic and international sale. The loan is comprised of a $48 million Infrastructure ...

Corporate culture an increasing legal and reputational risk
News 07 May 2019

Significantly, the report's findings move beyond broad recommendations, identifying the key factors singled out by the law and regulators as drivers of corporate culture and naming general counsel, ...

Leadership change in Papua New Guinea
Insight 02 Jul 2019

This insight examins James Marape's ascension to the Prime Ministership of Papua New Guinea, his new-look cabinet and some of the more recent ministerial comments regarding both region-specific projects and the resources industry more generally. ...

Amendments to Federal environmental regulation
Insight 28 Aug 2014

The Federal Government has implemented a variety of policy and legislative reforms to its environmental approvals regime Partner Chris Schulz Senior Associate Emily Gerrard and Associate Katherine Kirby report on two legislative amendments that facilitate recent reforms the introduction of a user ...

Key superannuation reforms deferred to 1 July 2015
Insight 05 May 2014

The Federal Government has today announced that the start date for portfolio holdings disclosure reporting and choice product dashboard requirements will be deferred until 1 July 2015 to allow it further time to consult on the detail of the requirements Partner Geoff Sanders and Lawyer Stephanie ...

Running out of time for retirement income reform
Insight 22 Jul 2014

The Government has released a consultation paper on the regulation of retirement income streams It says that the Government wants to encourage the development of more retirement products But this is old news and the paper offers few concrete policy proposals other than in the area of deferred ...

Emissions Reduction Fund Green Paper released
Insight 10 Jan 2014

The Federal Government has released its Green Paper on the design of the Emissions Reduction Fund Partner Grant Anderson reports on this proposed centrepiece of the Governments Direct Action Plan ...

School chaplaincy program remains out of bounds of federal power
Insight 26 Jun 2014

In a decision that has potential implications for a raft of Federal Government programs the High Court held that legislation passed to authorise hundreds of government funding arrangements is invalid insofar as it relates to the national schools chaplaincy program The decision once again confirms ...

Media control and ownership: (re)starting the discussion
Insight 13 Jun 2014

A policy background paper on media control and ownership released by the federal Department of Communications aims to restart the discussion on media law reform The paper does not draw conclusions or make recommendations but adopts a deregulatory tone Partner Ian McGill Senior Associate Matt Vitins ...

Draft planning policy framework for Victoria - open for comment
Insight 11 Apr 2014

The Ministerial Advisory Committee appointed to review the Victorian State Planning Policy Framework has released a draft version of a new Planning Policy Framework that reorganises the policy framework into themes and updates the policy content to include new policies to support Plan Melbourne and ...

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