Legislation

The Commonwealth Digital Transformation Agency has recently released an exposure draft of the Trusted Digital Identity Bill 2021 (Cth) and associated materials for public consultation.

Following its review of the Critical Infrastructure Bill, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has recommended dividing the proposed legislation into two separate Bills

Practical Law Commercial have released a brand new resource outlining Practical Law's resources relating to data protection and privacy relevant to Australian legal practitioners.

A legislation tracker to monitor the progress of key legislative developments in Australian cybersecurity law reform.

The payments system is increasingly complex. It is overseen by multiple regulators and the laws and regulations that govern it are constantly being reviewed and adjusted as the digital economy matures to ensure the regulatory framework remains relevant.

The merger between the companies that operate the BPAY, EFTPOS and New Payments Platform (NPP) payment systems was authorised by the ACCC only after the proposed new holding company provided a four year section 87B court-enforceable undertaking to assuage the regulator’s concerns...

The Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 (Cth) commenced on 4 September 2021. The legislation introduces three new warrant-based surveillance powers to equip the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission to combat...

Essential compliance information at your fingertips. The full text of Market Integrity Rules (Capital) 2021 is now available. The ASIC Digest on Westlaw holds documents and regulations issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

Treasury released the final report of the Australian Payments System Review on 30 August 2021.

Practical Law Commercial have released a new Practice note, The Assistance and Access Act 2018 (Cth).

Amendments to formalise electronic execution of documents, virtual meetings and electronic communications and continuous disclosure reform have taken effect