The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill (Bill) introduced to the New Zealand Parliament in February of this year amends the Copyright Act 1994 (Act) to provide new enforcement measures against the unauthorised sharing of copyright material via the Internet. Remedies available include fines of up to $15,000 and temporary suspension of Internet accounts. The latter remedy, in particular, continues to generate controversy.
Welcome to this week's edition of Health Alert. The Health Alert is transmitted on Monday of each week (unless there is a public holiday on Monday). Health Alert is a summary of the critical judgments, legislation, press releases and news items which have come to our attention each week. Many of the summaries will contain a hyperlink.
The Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010 (the Amendment Act) was passed by the Federal Parliament on 24 June 2010, and will make a number of significant changes to the legislative framework of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) which, for the most part, take effect from 1 January 2011. For a summary of the RET scheme, and its current short comings, see our legal update.
The Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010 (Bill) which was recently tabled in Parliament. The Bill was passed by the lower house, however, when it was tabled in the upper house the Senate called for an enquiry. That enquiry has now taken place.
Health Alert is a summary of the critical judgments, legislation, press releases and news items which have come to our attention each week.
The annual mid-year meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was attended by 2,900 participants in Bonn, Germany between 31 May and 11 June 2010.
On 3 June 2010, Fair Work Australia’s Minimum Wage Panel released its decision on the first Annual Wage Review conducted under the Fair Work industrial relations framework. This decision is the first adjustment to wages in Australia’s national industrial relations system since October 2008.
Debenture includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company whether constituting a charge on the assets of a company or not as defined in section 2(12) of the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act").
This article takes a look at how the Government’s Budget is redirecting money into renewable energy, and introduces some of the projects that are benefiting from the Government’s shift in focus.
Commenting on the 2010/11 Federal Budget and the upcoming Queensland State Budget, Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser endorsed what he sees as the Federal Government’s "steady as she goes" conservative approach, and suggested that when it comes to Government revenue matters, boring may be the new black.
