Legislation

Rules that have come into effect as of 1 July 2023 will impact international students who hold a valid overseas driver licence.

ASIC Digest, published by Thomson Reuters, and authorised and endorsed by ASIC, has created new consolidated ‘Rules’ and ‘Superseded Rules’ categories.

A commencement date of 1 August 2025 has been set for the Property Law Act 2023 allowing a period of close to 12 months for education of the legal profession and real estate agents for mandatory seller disclosure. To assist in education the Property Law Regulation 2024, the amendments...

New laws have been introduced to help ensure the stability of Australia’s financial markets. amendments enshrine a crisis management and resolution scheme. The same Act brought in mandatory climate reporting for companies which will be phased in over the next three years.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on ASF17 v Commonwealth (2024) 98 ALJR 782; [2024] HCA 19, under sections 189, 196 and 198 of the Migration Act 1958.

Greenwashing is no longer about reusing towels in hotel rooms. It's now attracting deep compliance concerns from ASIC.

We have enhanced the footnote pop-up design to improve document identification based on customer feedback.

Compliance deadlines are looming for entities responsible for critical infrastructure assets

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Hurt v The King [2024] HCA 8; (2024) 98 ALJR 485, under section 16AAB of the Crimes Act 1914, sections 4.1, 474.22A(1) of the Criminal Code...

The Queensland Government has announced a range of changes to property taxes as part of the FY25 budget.

Review to consider adequacy of Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) to protect Australians from online harms including from generative AI and algorithms.