No. 152 |
Updated Australian Government intellectual property guidance for agencies (9 May 2012) |
No. 151 |
High Court decision on the duties of corporate officers (8 May 2012) |
No. 150 |
Federal Court decision on the service of documents by post (1 May 2012) |
No. 149 |
Copyright inquiry draft terms of reference released for public comment (18 April 2012) PDF 60Kb |
No. 148 |
New Commonwealth Procurement Rules (16 April 2012) PDF 60Kb |
No. 147 |
Taking genuine steps statements seriously
(13 April 2012) PDF 162Kb |
No. 146 |
Clean Energy legislation (22 March 2012) PDF 179Kb |
No. 145 |
Proposed new oversight, review and conduct provisions for the Australian Public Service (1 March 2012) PDF 165Kb |
No. 144 |
Public holidays in South Australia (7 February 2012) PDF 149Kb |
No. 143 |
New Personal Property Securities Register commences on 30 January 2012 (20 January 2012) PDF 152Kb |
No. 142 |
New work health and safety laws now in operation (5 January 2012) PDF 169Kb |
No. 141 |
Recent amendments extend Auditor-General's powers of review and audit (20 December 2011) PDF 156Kb |
No. 140 |
New human rights obligations for agencies (25 November 2011) PDF 128Kb |
No. 139 |
When is a government charge a tax? (13 October 2011) PDF 118Kb |
No. 138 |
New national electricity and gas retail supply arrangements to be applied by the Commonwealth (21 September 2011) PDF 56Kb |
No. 137 |
Two new national bodies to regulate offshore petroleum operations and titles (15 September 2011) PDF 56Kb |
No. 136 |
Government introduces clean energy legislation into Parliament (14 September 2011) PDF 47Kb |
No. 135 |
Inconsistency of Commonwealth and State laws (13 September 2011) PDF 55Kb |
No. 134 |
Federal Court rules on parliamentary privilege and waiver of legal professional privilege (29 August 2011) PDF 50 Kb |
No. 133 |
Government releases clean energy legislation exposure drafts (29 July 2011) PDF 68Kb |
No. 132 |
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 amendments (21 June 2011) PDF 59Kb |
No. 131 |
Genuine steps statements under the Civil Dispute Resolution Act 2011 (27 May 2011) PDF 53Kb |
No. 130 |
Two recent decisions highlight important public interest immunity considerations (21 April 2011) PDF 74Kb |
No. 129 |
New national arrangements governing the retail supply of electricity and gas (16 March 2011) PDF 58Kb |
No. 128 |
Government releases draft guidelines on licensing of public sector information (9 February 2011) PDF 61Kb |
No. 127 |
Role of courts in judicial review (23 December 2010) PDF 62Kb |
No. 126 |
Federal Court clarifies law on notices of decisions under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (23 December 2010) PDF 52Kb |
No. 125 |
Updated Statement of IP Principles issued (13 October 2010) PDF 170Kb |
No. 124 |
Some recent cases dealing with misconduct by public sector employees (10 August 2010) PDF 64Kb |
No. 123 |
Election 2010: caretaker conventions (15 July 2010) PDF 97Kb |
No. 122 |
Changes to the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 (2 July 2010) PDF 59Kb |
No. 121 |
High Court clarifies the test for non-publication orders in the Federal Court (18 June 2010) PDF 63Kb |
No. 120 |
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 (7 June 2010) PDF 55Kb |
No. 119 |
Government releases new Liability Risk Assessment Guide for FMA Act Agencies (21 May 2010) PDF 58Kb |
No. 118 |
Freedom of Information reforms passed by Federal Parliament (14 May 2010) PDF 47Kb |
No. 117 |
The new Australian Consumer Law (13 April 2010) PDF 58Kb |
No. 116 |
High Court decisions on funding agreements, potential acquisitions of property and abridgment of rights to water (25 February 2010) PDF 56Kb |
No. 115 |
Revised Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation introduced into parliament (3 February 2010) PDF 64Kb |
No. 114 |
Freedom of information and reviews of deemed refusals by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (24 December 2009) PDF 55Kb |
No. 113 |
Legal professional privilege and parliamentary privilege over drafting instructions (8 December 2009) PDF 57Kb |
No. 112 |
Freedom of Information reforms introduced into Parliament (27 November 2009) PDF 53Kb |
No. 111 |
New Commonwealth Property Management Guidelines (6 November 2009) PDF 72Kb |
No. 110 |
Report on the National Human Rights Consultation released (23 October 2009) PDF 58Kb |
No. 109 |
Government responds to Australian Law Reform Commission's review of Australian Privacy Laws (16 October 2009) PDF 57Kb |
No. 108 |
Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Act 2009 now law (13 October 2009) PDF 56Kb |
No. 107 |
Supreme Court awards first damages under ACT Human Rights Act (1 October 2009) PDF 57Kb |
No. 106 |
Full Federal Court judgment important to decision makers claiming privilege over information (3 September 2009) PDF 57Kb |
No. 105 |
Parliament passes new renewable energy target (31 August 2009) PDF 56Kb |
No. 104 |
High Court judgment has significant implications for the ability of parties to amend pleadings (7 August 2009) PDF 61Kb |
No. 103 |
Updated construction industry guidelines now in effect (6 August 2009) PDF 61Kb |
No. 102 |
Important changes to FMA Regulations on proposals and approvals to spend public money (3 August 2009) PDF 64Kb |
No. 101 |
High Court reasons for the Pape decision on the Tax Bonus Act (14 July 2009) PDF 62Kb |
No. 100 |
New Commonwealth Grant Guidelines (3 July 2009) PDF 78Kb |
No. 99 |
Access to justice reforms (1 July 2009) PDF 57Kb |
No. 98 |
Establishment of the Australian Energy Market Operator (1 July 2009) PDF 58Kb |
No. 97 |
Lawyers acting for government not potentially liable for misfeasance in public office (5 May 2009) PDF 59Kb |
No. 96 |
Federal Court issues practice note on Fast Track Directions (1 May 2009) PDF 57Kb |
No. 95 |
The new federal workplace relations system (8 April 2009) PDF 69Kb |
No. 94 |
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation exposure drafts (3 April 2009) PDF 55Kb |
No. 93 |
High Court upholds validity of tax bonus payments (3 April 2009) PDF 50Kb |
No. 92 |
Public holidays for federal system employees (30 March 2009) PDF 55Kb |
No. 91 |
Major freedom of information reforms announced (25 March 2009) PDF 57Kb |
No. 90 |
Observing the 2009 Anzac Day Public Holiday (23 March 2009) PDF 52Kb |
No. 89 |
Natural justice and ‘act of grace’ payments (4 March 2009) PDF 59Kb |
No. 88 |
New water reform laws commence (15 December 2008) PDF 139Kb |
No. 87 |
Finance issues new 30 day payment policy (9 December 2008) PDF 64Kb |
No. 86 |
Nation-building funds legislation passed by Parliament (9 December 2008) PDF 56Kb |
No. 85 |
New carbon sequestration regime (5 December 2008) PDF 53Kb |
No. 84 |
Freedom of Information Amendment Bill introduced to parliament (27 November 2008) PDF 54Kb |
No. 83 |
New Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (15 October 2008) PDF 78Kb |
No. 82 |
High Court judgment has implications for the inconsistency test for waiver of legal professional privilege and freedom of information (20 August 2008) PDF 62Kb |
No. 81 |
Recent High Court decision on binding nature of implied undertakings in litigation including upon non-parties (19 August 2008) PDF 61Kb |
No. 80 |
High Court considers the nature of administrative review in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (14 August 2008) PDF 62Kb |
No. 79 |
Key features of the National Employment Standards (5 August 2008) PDF 86Kb |
No. 78 |
Australia’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (29 July 2008) PDF 59Kb |
No. 77 |
Important legislative changes regarding land acquisition (25 July 2008) PDF 56Kb |
No. 76 |
Employers can direct employees to undertake psychiatric assessment (22 July 2008) PDF 58Kb |
No. 75 |
New system for regulating export of bulk wheat (18 July 2008) PDF 100Kb |
No. 74 |
New arrangements for regulation of natural gas pipeline services (8 July 2008) PDF 102Kb |
No. 73 |
Lawyers acting for government potentially
liable for misfeasance in public office (25 June 2008) PDF 60Kb |
No. 72 |
Employers can be obliged to pay redundancy
as advised in an estimate (19 June 2008) PDF 69Kb |
No. 71 |
Significant changes to accountability
and governance arrangements for Commonwealth authorities
and companies (2 June 2008) PDF 60 Kb |
No. 70 |
High Court rejects challenge to validity
of conferral of Commonwealth administrative power
on state officers (15 May 2008) PDF 108Kb |
No. 69 |
New agreement-making framework under
the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (1 April 2008) PDF
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No. 68 |
New asbestos laws for non-residential
premises in the ACT (15 February 2008) PDF
61 Kb |
No. 67 |
Amendment to arrangements for the
national electricity market and electricity distribution
businesses (12 February 2008) PDF
67Kb |
No. 66 |
Federal Court confirms flexibility
in EPBC Act referral and assessment processes (24
January 2008) PDF 70Kb |
No. 65 |
Legal professional privilege: recent
judgment affects in-house lawyers (23 January 2008) PDF
87Kb |
No. 64 |
Important recent FMA Act amendments
(10 January 2008) PDF 56Kb |
No. 63 |
New national greenhouse and energy
reporting framework (4 October 2007) PDF
62Kb |
No. 62 |
Election 2007: caretaker conventions
(18 September 2007) PDF 102Kb |
No. 61 |
Changes affecting building work funded
by the Australian Government (19 September 2007) PDF
93Kb |
No. 60 |
The Northern Territory National Emergency
Response Package (6 September 2007) PDF
70Kb |
No. 59 |
Water Bill 2007 (21 August 2007) PDF
57Kb |
No. 58 |
Freedom of information and transfer
of requests between agencies (13 August 2007) PDF
54Kb |
No. 57 |
Amendments to the Native Title Act
1993 (3 July 2007) PDF 55Kb |
No. 56 |
New FMA Regulation 10 delegation
and guidance from 1 July 2007 (26 June 2007) PDF
48Kb |
No. 55 |
Release of revised SourceIT model
contracts (6 June 2007) PDF 42Kb |
No. 54 |
The nature and extent of the duty
of care owed by the Crown to employees involved in
work entailing risk of psychiatric injury (28 May
2007) PDF 65Kb |
No. 53 |
Damages claim for negligent advice
given 34 years previously not statute-barred (30
April 2007) PDF 44Kb |
No. 52 |
New grounds for employees to sue
employers for breach of contract (7 March 2007) PDF
61Kb |
No. 51 |
The downside of including misconduct
procedures in a certified agreement (7 February 2007) PDF
69Kb |
No. 50 |
Penalty judgment under secondary
boycott provisions of the Trade Practices Act (24
January 2007) PDF 48Kb |
No. 49 |
Amendments to the Privacy Act (7
December 2006) PDF 46Kb |
No. 48 |
Cessation of the Endorsed Supplier
Arrangement (1 December 2006) PDF
47Kb |
No. 47 |
The Work Choices decision (22 November
2006) PDF 68Kb |
No. 46 |
Federal Court awards $5.5 million
in pecuniary penalties in Australia’s first
Spam Act case (16 November 2006) PDF
46Kb |
No. 45 |
Canute and Comcare (6 October 2006) PDF
61Kb |
No. 44 |
Basis for recognition of native title
over Perth (29 September 2006) PDF
60Kb |
No. 43 |
Freedom of information and review
of conclusive certificates (6 September 2006) PDF
54Kb |
No. 42 |
Limited liability in ICT contracts:
Finance Circular 2006/03 (31 August 2006) PDF
63Kb |
No. 41 |
Clarification of the Commonwealth
Procurement Guidelines (14 August 2006) PDF
59Kb |
No. 40 |
Responding to applications to extend
limitation periods (23 June 2006) PDF
72Kb |
No. 39 |
Liability of employer for unlawful
discrimination in workplace (5 June 2006) PDF
79Kb |
No. 38 |
Proportionate liability in mesothelioma
claims (16 May 2006) PDF 71Kb |
No. 37 |
Admitting medical evidence in personal
injuries cases from experts that have not been agreed
upon or court appointed (11 May 2006) PDF
171Kb |
No. 36 |
Substance over form (18 April 2006) PDF
55Kb |
No. 35 |
Misuse of market power and price
fixing (22 March 2006) PDF 93Kb |
No. 34 |
The Legal Services Directions 2005
(27 February 2006) PDF 207Kb |
No. 33 |
Simplified requirements for goods
mortgages (24 February 2006) PDF
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No. 32 |
Procedural fairness, secret information,
disavowals of reliance by decision-makers and public
interest immunity (14 December 2005) PDF
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No. 31 |
Caution to be exercised when relying
on Calderbank letters (12 December 2005) PDF
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No. 30 |
The workplace relations advertising
case (26 October 2005) PDF 45Kb |
No. 29 |
Footy tipping and breaches of the
Code of Conduct (11 October 2005) PDF
48Kb |
No. 28 |
Employment by authority of a law
of the Commonwealth (28 September 2005) PDF
50Kb |
No. 27 |
Limitations of legal professional
privilege (26 August 2005) PDF
46Kb |
No. 26 |
Australian Government Property Ownership
Framework: to own or not to own? (5 August 2005) PDF
45Kb |
No. 25 |
The proper subject matter of averments
(5 August 2005) PDF 46Kb |
No. 24 |
Amendments to the National Security
Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004 (19
July 2005) PDF 296Kb |
No. 23 |
Commencement of new national electricity
legislation (7 July 2005) PDF
298Kb |
No. 22 |
Admissibility of expert evidence
(25 May 2005) PDF 286Kb |
No. 21 |
Amendments to the AAT Act (20 May
2005) PDF 298Kb |
No. 20 |
Amendments to the National Security
Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004 (27
April 2005) PDF 291Kb |
No. 19 |
Obtaining security for costs in unfair
dismissal proceedings (18 March 2005) PDF
295Kb |
No. 18 |
Reinstatement where the employment
relationship has irrevocably broken down: Andrea
Walsh v Australian Taxation Office (16 March
2005) PDF 292Kb |
No. 17 |
Redundancy entitlements (11 March
2005) PDF 293Kb |
No. 16 |
Admissibility of expert evidence
(10 March 2005) PDF 289Kb |
No. 15 |
Implications of providing misleading
information in the security clearance process (2
March 2005) PDF 291Kb |
No. 14 |
Public service confidentiality (7
January 2005) PDF 302Kb |
No. 13 |
High Court Rules 2004 (20 December
2004) PDF 296Kb |
No. 12 |
AAT awards compensation for breach
of privacy (3 December 2004) PDF
287Kb |
No. 11 |
Inappropriateness of a plaintiff’s
solicitor contacting a defendant who is, or is to
be indemnified (15 October 2004) PDF
294Kb |
No. 10 |
Limitations of legal professional
privilege to communications of in-house Defence lawyers
(20 September 2004) PDF 150Kb |
No. 9 |
Draft Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines
issued by the Department of Finance and Administration
(17 September 2004) PDF 278Kb |
No.
8 |
Australian Competition & Consumer
Commission v Australian Safeway Stores and Mark Jones – Update
(16 September) PDF 328Kb |
No.
7 |
Quoting the substance of legal advice
in negotiations may make it subject to FOI (9 September
2004) PDF 285Kb |
No. 6 |
Inability to prove alleged psychiatric
illness (31 August 2004) PDF 298Kb |
No.
5 |
Government Response to the Uhrig
Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities
(19 August 2004) |
No.
4 |
Scope of Commonwealth environmental
laws (10 August 2004) PDF 295Kb |
No.
3 |
Energy reform legislation (13 July
2004) |
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2 |
Abolition of mortgage duty in Victoria
(29 June 2004) PDF 35Kb |
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Privacy complainants can go directly
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