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Employment Law In Australia - An Overview

Australia remains to be a strong and stable environment in which to do business.

Lewis Silkin

TerraCom's Whistleblower Woes - Australian Federal Court Approves First Whistleblower Retaliation Penalty

TerraCom has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay an AUD7.5 million civil penalty for retaliating against a whistleblower in proceedings commenced by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC).

A&O Shearman

Australian M&A Activity Strong Through FY25 Despite Macro Dynamics: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Report

A total of 59 deals were announced in FY25, consistent with the five-year average of 60 deals...

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Construction Productivity — Building Better: How Can Resource Companies Boost Productivity?

Australia Real Estate

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So You've Updated Your Estate Plan, But What Happens To The Family Trust When You Die?

Australia Family

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Settlement Offers And Costs Protection In Family Law Matters – The Benefits Of Genuine Negotiations

Australia Family

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Why Estate Planning Is Just As Important In Your 20's As Your 60's

Australia Family

Kalus Kenny Intelex

NSW Parliament Puts Down Uncertainty Regarding Put Options In Residential Property Transactions

Australia Real Estate

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Alvarez & Marsal Report Reveals Private Equity's Strategic Response To Macro Volatility While Driving Australia's Growth

Australia Commercial

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A Seat At The Table–What Does The Government's Economic Reform Roundtable Mean For Superannuation Fund Trustees?

Australia Strategy

K&L Gates LLP

Can A Criminal Lawyer Represent An Absent Client In Court?

Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Exactly what is employment law? Piecing together the employment law jigsaw puzzle

Stacks Law Firm

"By poaching our clients after he left, he breached the restraint clause in his employment contract" – which case won?

Stacks Law Firm

Webinars

Online Safety: Navigating Compliance Across the UK, the EU and the US

24 Sep 2025 | 2:00 PM

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Recorded on 30 Jul 2025 | 8:00 AM

AI Regulation: Navigating Innovation and Privacy in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

In-House Counsel Worldwide

Recorded on 9 Jul 2025 | 2:00 PM

Digital Assets – Innovation vs Compliance: Emerging Offshore Jurisdictional Trends – How Legal Advisers' Roles Will Change

Walkers

Recorded on 24 Jun 2025 | 3:00 PM

(2nd Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

In-House Counsel Worldwide

Mondaq's Must Reads

Visa Rules When Changing Employer Sponsors

Do you know which visa rules apply when Subclass 482 Visa holders change employer sponsors?

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Keeping Up With ESG In Australia – August 2025

Our monthly ESG bulletin provides a targeted snapshot of key developments we see as reflecting the "must know" trends in the Australian market.

Australia Environment

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Inside IR Podcast Series - Episode 29 Gender-based Undervaluation And Its Impact On Modern Award Rates Of Pay (Video)

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court raises the bar on genuine redundancy: Implications of Helensburgh Coal v Bartley & Ors

Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Australian Productivity Commission Proposes Text & Data Mining Exception To Copyright Infringement For AI Training

Australia IP

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

AS4000:2025 – What is all the fuss about?

Australia Real Estate

Swaab

New English Language Requirements For Australian Visas

Roam Migration Law

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Blockchain Bites: Blockchain Bites: ASIC Corporate Plan backs tokenisation work; Tokenised Funds move closer to launch with Cayman Consultation; Project Acacia: Australia's leap into tokenised finance

Australia Technology

Piper Alderman

Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

Swaab

Dismissal upheld: employee breaches employer's directions while recovering from illness

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2025 Federal Budget And Australian Immigration

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How Caveats Apply | Skilled Occupation Lists For Migration To Australia

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Australia's New Skills In Demand Visa | National Innovation Visa | Core Skills Occupation List

Interstaff Immigration Agency

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Australian Government Releases New Skills Occupation List And Announces Skills In Demand Visa Will Commence On 7 December 2024

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Discusses the most significant cases of wrongful convictions in Australia & explores the causes, the aftermath & the ongoing fight for justice.

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In recent case, the HC clarified the test of reasonableness for the purpose of assessing common law damages under the Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld).

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Catastrophic injury claims: a new twist in claims inflation

Recent case rules that damages must cover at-home care if it restores a plaintiff's pre-injury life, even if institutional care is cheaper.

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Removalist services are not an "everyday task"

Recent decision provides example of a service which is not an "everyday task" as required by the definition of "attendant care service".

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New Personal Injury Notice of Claim Forms Now in Force

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When is a finding of 100% contributory negligence justified in a single vehicle accident?

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