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Solving the platform puzzle: ASIC's push to complete the picture on superannuation platform oversight and governance

ASIC's calls to action. REP 833 includes a list of calls to action across key focus areas for all trustees to consider. The report identifies examples of better practice and princ ...
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2026–27 Queensland Budget: What it means for the energy and resources sector

Regarded by some as a "steady as she goes" budget, the 2026–27 Queensland Budget signals that the energy and resources sector (oil and gas and critical minerals in particular) is central to the ...
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ACCC launches 2026/27 product safety priorities

The ACCC’s product safety priorities, alongside its broader enforcement agenda, provide a roadmap for businesses. Last week, ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb unveiled the ACCC's latest product safety ...
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Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix 59: draft NES, sustainability reporting, climate change economic impacts

The Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix is your quick update on key ESD developments across Australia. This edition covers new Commonwealth exposure draft National Environmental ...
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EPBC Act reforms and national EPA commencing soon: what proponents need to know from 1 July 2026

The NEPA will be established on 1 July 2026 under the National Environmental Protection Agency Act 2025 (Cth) ( NEPA Act ). The NEPA's function is to assist the Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) in the ...
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ASIC’s private credit escalation

ASIC’s approach to private credit has been sequential, deliberate, and, as of June 2026, unmistakably operational. The regulator’s eight-week snap review of 52 private credit funds overseeing $76 ...
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Investing in distressed companies in Australia: a practical guide for potential acquirers

When a company enters voluntary administration, most investors run for cover – but for those with the right strategy and risk appetite, these moments of distress can offer rare opportunities to ...
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Section 588FL and security interests granted after the "critical time": what insolvency practitioners should do now

Until the divergence between the approaches in OneSteel and Re Antqip applying sections 588FM and 588FL of the Corporations Act is resolved by an appellate court, the safest course remains to apply ...
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Australia’s proposed low carbon liquid fuel demand measure: international lessons and infrastructure implications

Against that backdrop, the 2026-2027 Federal Budget included an important announcement for Australia’s transport, infrastructure and energy sectors: “We are continuing to develop a domestic low carbon ...
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Media release: Clayton Utz becomes first Australian law firm to achieve ISO 42001 certification for AI management

Clayton Utz is proud to announce it has become the first Australian law firm – and one of the first law firms in the world – to achieve ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification, the international standard for ...
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No inconsistency between state-based SOP Act and Commonwealth's Australian Consumer Law

The Victorian Supreme Court has held that there is no inconsistency between the operation of Victoria's Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) (SOP Act) and the ...