The Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix is a snapshot of need-to-know news on a range of ESD issues nationally. This edition covers Queensland's Energy Roadmap 2025, changes to the ...

Litigation is often a series of strategic plays. The Full Federal Court decision in Madden (Receiver) v Mining Standards International Pty Ltd [2025] FCAFC 142 provides helpful guidance regarding the ...

The Commonwealth Government has announced changes to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules ( CPRs ).

To give effect to the Code, Parliament has passed two key statutes in August 2025: ...

This is underscored by ASIC’s 2025–26 Corporate Plan, which identifies both the use of AI and directors’ conduct as focus areas. It is clear that responsible AI adoption, strengthened governance, and ...

The National Assessment considered 10 priority hazards (including temperature increases, drought, bushfires, storms, flooding and ocean warming) over historical (1850-1900), current (2011-2030), ...

These changes, shaped by feedback from the voluntary transition phase (underway since 1 July 2025), appear to help ensure the new regime focuses on deals that truly impact market structure while ...

The task facing the WA public sector in readying itself for the new PRIS laws is a considerable one, particularly given the retrospectivity of some of the IPPs. For the first time, the WA public ...

Material adverse change or effect (MAC) clauses are a common feature in M&A transactions, especially in the public M&A space. These clauses are intended to protect buyers by allowing them to walk away ...

The test for whether a term is unfair is not so clear that contract drafters can have absolute confidence that they can prevent an automatic renewal clause from falling foul of the unfair contract ...

The NSW Court of Appeal in Sydney Metro v G&J Drivas Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 5 has continued the recent trend of narrowing the circumstances in which owners whose land is acquired in accordance with the ...