Relief expires 1 April 2026. The current exemption under ASIC Corporations (Employee redundancy funds relief) Instrument 2015/1150 will not be remade. From that date, operators must comply with ...
For issuers, this emphasises that simply issuing a questionnaire is not enough to discharge their reasonable steps obligations – instead, issuers need to review and assess the responses being provided ...
Subscription traps in digital markets: While last year’s priorities focused on misleading or deceptive advertising in the digital economy, this year the ACCC is prioritising manipulative and false ...
On 10 February 2026, Treasury released a consultation paper, Enhancing oversight and governance of managed investment schemes ...
On 9 February 2026, Treasury announced a consultation on draft laws proposed to amend the Australian Consumer Law ( ACL) to strengthen consumer protection by introducing targeted reforms on ...
In 2026, Australia faces renewed pressure by the Trump administration to spend more on its own defence. Current spending hovers at approximately 2% of Australia's GDP ($59 billion for 2025-26), with ...
In late 2025, the Federal Court delivered a landmark decision ordering Fewstone Pty Ltd, trading as City Beach, to pay $14 million in penalties for breaches of mandatory button battery safety and ...
Enforcement is live. ASIC has doubled investigations, nearly doubled court filings, issued multiple stop orders and allocated 40-plus staff to the Shield and First Guardian matters alone. Wholesale ...
A wide-ranging parliamentary Inquiry into the development and regulation of data centres across New South Wales is underway, with a final report from the NSW Legislative Council Public Accountability ...
On 4 February 2026, the Administrative Review Tribunal set aside an earlier determination, made by the Privacy Commissioner, that Bunnings had contravened the Australian Privacy Principles ( APPs) set ...
The Copyright Tribunal’s determination in the Isentia matter, upheld by the Full Federal Court, sets a clear precedent for the Tribunal both as to its statutory ...