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Corporate Counsel 12 March 2024 ByNaomi Neilson‘No surprises’ in consumer watchdog’s 2024 priorities

The ACCC announced cost-of-living pressures and allegations of supermarket price gouging will be prioritised in 2024, a...

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Big Law 15 December 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyHFW adds environment and climate change partner from Baker McKenzie

Global law firm HFW is expanding its environment and climate change practice with the appointment of a partner from...

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Podcast 29 May 2023 ByRobyn TongolThe Corporate Counsel Show: Managing a cost-cutting environment

On this special episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, produced in partnership with LOD, we explore how law departments...

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Big Law 22 February 2023 ByJess FeyderWhat if the environment held the same legal rights as a human?

Bestowing the natural world with the same legal rights as humans is a strategy that is gaining traction around the world...

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Big Law 21 November 2022 ByLauren CroftESG a concern for 90% of business leaders

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are featuring heavily in investment decisions in Australian...

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The Bar 07 November 2022 ByAbhranil HazraNew judge appointed to Land and Environment Court

An experienced barrister has been appointed as the new judge of the Land and Environment Court.

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The Bar 26 September 2022 ByJess Feyder‘Gas companies: take notice’: Traditional owner wins legal...

The Federal Court of Australia has invalidated Santos’ approval to drill for gas in the sea north of the Tiwi Islands,...

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Big Law 13 September 2022 ByAbhranil HazraHRLC calls on ACT government to enshrine ‘right to healthy...

The legal body, Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC), has called to introduce the clause into the territory’s Human Rights...

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The Bar 30 August 2022 ByJess FeyderEnvironmental advocates expand Federal Court case against Santos

On 25 August, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed new and more detailed allegations...

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Politics 26 August 2022 ByJess Feyder‘A blow for democracy’: Anti-protest bill passes in Tasmania’s...

The Rockliff government has passed a new anti-protest law in the upper house, a move that will “weaken Tasmania’s...

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