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Is the Wayback Machine a legitimate source of legal evidence in Australia?

The admissibility of archived webpage printouts from the “Wayback Machine” website was recently tested by the Federal Court of Australia,…

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Super Alert – 11 October 2019

This week’s Super Alert notes the Royal Assent of a superannuation Bill, APRA’s announcement of new executive appointments, ASIC’s reminder…

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From Nazi parody to dismissal: The importance of robust investigation processes and workplace policies

Unfortunately, inappropriate and offensive behaviour in the workplace is not uncommon. However, can an employer proceed straight to dismissing an employee…

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Breaches of the Australian Consumer Law attract a record breaking $26.5 million penalty

In 2018, the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) was amended to align the maximum penalties for contraventions of the…

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Super Alert – 4 October 2019

This week’s Super Alert contains a number of developments including release of guidance on the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth),…

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A reasonable lifestyle?

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has recently handed down the decisions of Reece v Comcare [2019] AATA 3499 and ZXCF v Comcare [2019] AATA 3572,…

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