Problem plastics to be phased out in NSW by November 2022

Industrial and logistics 2021 – Looking back and looking forward

It has been another record-breaking year for the industrial and logistics property market. A lot of fun for those that...

The impact of Windfall Gains Tax on regional property

The evolving Split Contract Model – Medium density in Greenfield development sites

Historically, townhouses would make up a relatively small proportion of product in master planned greenfield...

Key recommendations from the Victorian Embedded Network Review

In late 2018, the Victorian Government made a re-election commitment to ban embedded networks in new residential...

Introducing the new Environment Protection Regime in Victoria: What’s different?

On 1 July 2021, the Environment Protection Act 2017 (new Act) came into force....

Legislative update: Electronic signing, changes to OC laws and the end to rent relief scheme

New updates to the Model Code of Meeting Practice: What do they mean for NSW local councils?

An update on new model code of meeting practice that NSW local councils will have to adopt.

Review of the Banking Code of Practice: What’s on the horizon for small business?

Review of the Banking Code of Practice

Year in Review: Employment, Safety & People

The Employment & Workplace team summarise the most important employment, safety & industrial relations law cases of 2021

The Housing SEPP has commenced! Phase three of the New South Wales housing reform package

Housing SEPP aims to deliver more affordable and diverse housing, including co-living housing & independent living units

Mandatory Vaccination Policies: The Fair Work Commission hands down its most important decision yet

The Fair Work Commission held that the vaccination policy at a BHP workplace was not a lawful and reasonable direction.

Changes to the NSW Civil Liability Act: What do they mean for institutional child abuse claims?

Recent changes to the Civil Liability Act and how they impact on institutional child abuse claims.

Permissions for therapeutic good ‘restricted representations’ concerning COVID-19

Summary of the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s permissions for the advertising of therapeutic goods for COVID-19

The COVID-19 vaccination information life cycle

We consider the privacy implications surrounding collection and use of COVID-19 vaccination status information

Provider governance – Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and changes to aged care laws

We outline proposed good governance reforms to the Aged Care Act 1997 and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Act 2018

The Evolution (Supplements) of TGA penalties

Largest ever fine for unlawfully advertising products containing therapeutic substances

Observations about the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements in aged care

We provide an update on the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination frameworks in residential aged care

New strategic agreement with the Generic and Biosimilars Medicines Association

We discuss the Australian Government’s new strategic agreement with Medicines Australia

Patentability detected in diagnostic methods

We review the Full Federal Court’s decision in Ariosa v Sequenom for the patentability of diagnostic testing methods