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Australian Regulatory Compliance Review 

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Garnaut Climate Change Review
Posted on January 16, 2008Although the new government has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, it had deferred any commitment on specific short-term climate change targets until receipt of the draft Garnaut report. The Garnaut Climate Change Review will examine the impacts of climate change on...
ASIC continues review of loans to indigenous borrowers
Posted on January 16, 2008ASIC has announced that National Australia Bank (NAB) has agreed to tailor its lending practices in recognition of the special needs and circumstances of borrowers in regional and remote Indigenous communities. The changes follow a review of approximately 25 loans...
Australian domain name disputes update
Posted on January 15, 2008Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has lodged an application (set for hearing in the Federal Court on 8 February 2008) claiming misleading and deceptive conduct against the operator of a website which described itself as "the official Ricky Ponting site":...
Treasurer rules out bank fee legislation
Posted on January 14, 2008In this transcript of an interview on ABC's 7.30 Report the Treasurer, whilst confirming he has instructed Treasury to review bank switching fees, has ruled out legislation regulating bank fees: No, I'm not talking about legislating, but it involves issues...
National Health ID system
Posted on January 14, 2008The Federal Government has announced the National E-Health Transition Authority has contracted for the development of a new national healthcare identifier service. It will identify a person's name, date of birth, address and the names and addresses of their practitioners,...
National trade measurement
Posted on January 14, 2008The Commonwealth will assume responsibility for trade measurement from the States and Territories commencing on 1 July 2010. The National Measurement Institute (NMI) will administer the national system. NMI has issued a discussion paper (pdf). Comments should be forwarded to...
Insolvency law reform: corporate insolvency information for directors, employees, creditors and shareholders
Posted on January 13, 2008Insolvency law changed on 31 December 2007 as a result of the Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Act 2007. The ATO and ASIC have issued information sheets relevant to the changes. The IPA has issued a new Code of Professional Practice for...
Discrimination law: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Posted on January 13, 2008The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) administers Commonwealth discrimination laws in the areas of age, race, sex and disability discrimination. Its latest Human Rights Law Bulletin 21 gives an idea of the scope of its interests: there are...
Discussion paper and draft legislation on Criminal Penalties for Serious Cartel Conduct
Posted on January 10, 2008The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Chris Bowen has released a discussion paper in relation to the Government?s commitment to implement criminal penalties for serious cartel conduct. Cartel conduct refers to contracts, arrangements or understandings...
Corporations Act for the company secretary
Posted on January 10, 2008Part of my motivation for establishing my consultancy was to allow clients to work closer with me than was possible in a traditional legal practice (while still remaining my independence). In the second semester of 2007 I decided to look...
Liquidity risk
Posted on January 08, 2008As it appears that the growing problem for Australian businesses is liquidity risk rather than asset quality (eg Centro Properties Group), it is worthwhile looking at the UK Financial Services Authority's Discussion Paper (DP) reviewing liquidity requirements for banks and...
Will APRA be merged with ASIC?
Posted on January 08, 2008Page 73 of The Parliamentary Library Briefing Book (pdf) raises whether ASIC and APRA should be merged and whether ASIC should have a role in the licensing and registration of valuers under the Corporations Act 2001, as is the case...
Relaxed Standard of Review Applies to Density Variances
The Appellate Division extended to applications for development se...
Relaxed Standard of Review Applies to Density Variances
The Appellate Division extended to applications for development se...
Review of Charles Fried
Here's my review, in Commonweal, of Charles Fried's recent book, M...
Highlands Act Upheld: eminent domain by regulatory taking denied
In a 35-page opinion issued Friday, August 10, 2007, and app...
Can a probation officer make a decision that involves a medical decision and prohibit a person from leaving a state to get medical help?
well if you could get him to a mental health facility they could screen him for ...
What can be done to stop "Harry T. Keane Jr" from persuig his Entertainment Fraud Business ?
Harry Keane in the Dallas Tx area is a fraud. He cannot tell the truth. His whol...
Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here
1. Sub contractor started up a compe...
Can I return an entire lot of merchandise is some of the items were not as advertised?
Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...
How to tell if I have been subject to gender discrimination in hiring practices?
You didn't apply for the job. so that's a tough one. Seemingly your Bo...

Can a probation officer make a decision that involves a medical decision and prohibit a person from leaving a state to get medical help?
well if you could get him to a mental health facility they could screen him for ...
What can be done to stop "Harry T. Keane Jr" from persuig his Entertainment Fraud Business ?
Harry Keane in the Dallas Tx area is a fraud. He cannot tell the truth. His whol...
Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here
1. Sub contractor started up a compe...
Can I return an entire lot of merchandise is some of the items were not as advertised?
Since they were specified as leather, you do have a case - however, your best fi...
How to tell if I have been subject to gender discrimination in hiring practices?
You didn't apply for the job. so that's a tough one. Seemingly your Bo...








