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Risk management program now mandatory for certain critical infrastructure assets

The next tranche of Australia’s new critical infrastructure regime is here. As foreshadowed in our previous article, the much anticipated Security of…

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Catching up with international developments in privacy: The Commonwealth’s Privacy Act Review 2022

In a paragraph The Privacy Act Review – Report 2022 (Report) would lift the bar on protections for personal information…

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Litigating in the context of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) – Case Study: Marundrury v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (No 2) [2022] FCA 916

Summary In Marundrury v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (No 2) [2022] FCA 916, a decision from August 2022, Justice Moshinksy accepted submissions…

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Award update: Engineers, scientists and IT professionals to be entitled to paid overtime for the first time

The Professional Employees Award 2020 (Award) covers engineers, scientists, data analysts and medical researchers in all industries, as well as…

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Court flips out ‘obvious risk’ defence in tubing accident claim – Glover v Fuller [2023] 

The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory recently considered whether a 12 year-old plaintiff injured while riding in an…

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UCT 101: The usual suspects #2 – unilateral variation clauses

Welcome to the fifth article in our ‘UCT 101’ series, designed to assist businesses in preparing for new reforms to…

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