The Federal Government's Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), introduced in late 2023, is now underway in WA. ...

IP Australia has announced sweeping changes to the amount and timing of official fees for patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeders' rights, as well as changes to fees and recoverable costs for oppositions. The changes will come into effect 1 October 2024. ...

Treasury has released its Consultation Paper on notification thresholds under Australia's proposed new mandatory merger regime. The Consultation Paper sets out its proposed design and values for the notification thresholds, which are based on international experience and available data. ...

With $13.3 billion raised by corporates in the Australian corporate bond market in the first half of 2024, the volumes speak for themselves. Our clients are reporting generally favourable issuance conditions, with strong levels of subscriptions, good access to longer tenor and support in secondary ...

In this Insight, we explain how this decision is relevant to Australian companies, in demonstrating how proceeds of crime laws may provide rightsholders and activists with an additional lever for seeking company engagement on tackling modern slavery (and, potentially, other human rights issues). ...

There's so much about Australia's energy transition that should be better explained to those who aren't energy experts, but ultimately need to participate in this shift on behalf of their firms. ...

Webinar: September financial services regulation update ...

Webinar: WA: the state of the energy transition ...

Webinar: Mandatory climate-related financial reporting: what we can learn from the EU, UK and New Zealand experience ...

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of June, as well as take a closer look at the AEMC's review into the arrangements for failed retailers' electricity and gas contracts. ...