Australia: Telecoms, Mobile & Cable Communications

Once the domain of government agencies, today the global space landscape is increasingly driven by private organisations pursuing a more entrepreneurial and commercial utilisation of space. We have come to depend on space-enabled technologies, such as satellite-based services, for everyday activities including navigation, telecommunications, weather forecasting, emergency management, banking, mining, agriculture and transportation.

On 28 May 2026, the Treasury published stage 1 of its long-awaited package of laws and consultations to designate, implement and operationalise the Scams Prevention Framework (SPF).

With Treasury now defining the scope of the SPF and core requirements that entities will need to comply with, regulated entities should assess whether they can meet these new obligations and actively consider how they engage with Treasury in the consultation.

Considers obligations imposed by the Guidelines and encourages medical practitioners to reflect on telehealth practices.

These devices can facilitate communication between individuals engaged in serious criminal activities.

The judge rejected the Optus claim that legal professional privilege was attached to the Deloitte report.

The Federal Government is reviewing Australia's privacy and information security legislation, with various options.

在最近一项外观设计侵权案的裁决中，澳大利亚联邦法院裁定Uniden Australia的移动无线电产品的外观设计在总体印象上与GME的话筒注册外观设计基本相似.

On 21 March 2022, an Appeal Panel of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled that a city council erred when it internally classified a confidential "code of conduct"...