Australia: Corporate/Commercial Law

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What Is The Liability Under A Contractor Agreement In Australia?
A contractor agreement determines who pays when work goes wrong. Independent contractors carry their own commercial risk, unlike employees, so the agreement allocates that risk in detail. Liability commonly arises from breach of contract, intellectual property infringement, and breaches of confidentiality. Indemnities, liability caps and insurance requirements are the three tools that allocate it. Australian law puts limits on that allocation. Consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law apply automatically, and no contract can exclude them.
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LegalVision
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Key Takeaways | NFP Boardroom Lunch 2026
Senior leaders from Australia's not-for-profit sector gathered to discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities facing their organisations in 2026. The boardroom lunch explored critical issues including governance frameworks, regulatory compliance, workforce sustainability, NDIS reform, and the strategic implications of artificial intelligence and data management for charitable organisations navigating an increasingly complex operating environment.
Australia Commercial
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Piper Alderman
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Key Takeaways | NFP Boardroom Lunch 2026
Senior leaders from Australia's not-for-profit sector gathered to discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities facing their organisations in 2026. The boardroom lunch explored critical issues including governance frameworks, regulatory compliance, workforce sustainability, NDIS reform, and the strategic implications of artificial intelligence and data management for charitable organisations navigating an increasingly complex operating environment.
Australia Commercial
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Piper Alderman
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IA vs CLG - Choosing The Right Legal Structure For Charitable Organisations
When setting up a charity, one of the most important early decisions is selecting the appropriate legal structure. This choice affects how the organisation is governed, its legal responsibilities, and its ability to grow and access funding. Two of the most common options are Incorporated Association (IA) and public Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG). However, each structure offers advantages and limitations depending on the charity’s size, scope, funding sources, and regulatory obligations.
Australia Commercial
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Bartier Perry
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Australia’s Merger Regime Changes Again: Parliament Fine-tunes New M&A Rules
Australia's Parliament has passed significant amendments to the country's merger regime, less than a year after its introduction. The changes address practical concerns around mandatory merger notifications, providing greater flexibility for minority investments, reducing risks from inadvertent notification failures, and allowing extensions for delayed transactions. How will these refinements impact dealmakers navigating Australia's interventionist competition framework?
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Holding Redlich
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Key Refinements To Streamline Australia's Merger Control Regime Passed Into Law: Threshold For Control Increased, Removal Of Voiding Provisions And Changes To "Stale" Notification Timelines
Australia's mandatory merger control regime undergoes significant refinement through new legislation that addresses practical challenges businesses have faced since its 2026 introduction. The amendments fundamentally reshape how control and associate relationships are assessed, what happens when acquisitions aren't properly notified, and how parties can manage completion timelines for approved mergers.
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K&L Gates LLP
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Compliance

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Road Transport Contracting Reforms: Is Your Business Ready For The Next Binding Order?
New Australian legislation allows the Fair Work Commission to issue binding orders across entire road transport contractual chains, potentially affecting businesses that procure, arrange or supply transport services even if they don't directly engage drivers. The first order addressed fuel cost recovery and demonstrates how quickly compliance obligations can arise, raising questions about which businesses fall within scope and what steps they should take to prepare for future regulatory intervention.
Australia Employment
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Coleman Greig Lawyers
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AML/CTF Reforms Are Now Live: Is Your Business Also Meeting Its Privacy And Cyber Obligations?
Australia's expanded Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing regime now captures lawyers, accountants, real estate professionals and other service providers, bringing with it unexpected Privacy Act obligations that apply regardless of business size or turnover. The question facing these newly regulated entities is whether their client onboarding and data handling practices comply not only with AML/CTF requirements...
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Gilchrist Connell
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Cyber Risk Poses Some Unique Challenges For The Evolving Data Centre Industry
Data centres face escalating cyber threats from malicious actors targeting their vast computing resources, sensitive data repositories, and critical infrastructure systems. Beyond direct server attacks, threat actors can compromise supporting systems like cooling and security, while physical breaches pose additional risks to digital service continuity. A single successful attack can cascade across multiple customers worldwide, triggering complex regulatory obligations and potential legal actions that contra
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Kennedys
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