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Insurance law and ‘war risk’ now inextricably linked
The idea that insurance law needs to be “geopolitics-aware” is not new, but the flow-on consequences of the closure...
06 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Are lawyers still in a favourable position to buy property?
Amid high inflation, another interest rate hike, and a Middle East conflict that shows no signs of abating, legal...
06 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
RBA makes May 2026 cash rate call
Find out, in this special announcement from Legal Home Loans, if the Reserve Bank has again decided to raise interest...
05 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Virginia Bell releases interim report for anti-Semitism royal commission
Former High Court judge, the Honourable Virginia Bell, has made 14 recommendations (five of which remain confidential)...
30 April 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
The $150 time capsule: How Queensland’s petty theft law forgot inflation
Queensland’s $150 threshold is a relic of cassette-tape mercy in a contactless world. It once stood for compassion;...
31 March 2026
By Rebecca Ward, MBA
Politics
Seminal land rights decision challenged
A newly proposed bill will make it more difficult to return land to Aboriginal Australians, according to the Law...
26 March 2026
By Amelia McNamara
Politics
If Australia rations fuel, will lawyers have to WFH again?
The US–Israel attack on Iran and the subsequent regional and geopolitical conflict that has ensued have disrupted...
25 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
RBA reveals March 2026 cash rate decision
The Reserve Bank of Australia was widely tipped to increase the cash rate at its March 2026 meeting. Find out here, in...
17 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Albanese government increases support for victims and survivors of sexual violence
Funding has been announced for trauma-informed services for NSW and Queensland as part of a larger rollout of judicial...
12 March 2026
By Amelia McNamara
Politics
Michelle Rowland on the ‘great privilege’ of serving as Attorney-General
In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland explained why she feels “so fortunate” to be...
11 March 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy