For issuers, this emphasises that simply issuing a questionnaire is not enough to discharge their reasonable steps obligations – instead, issuers need to review and assess the responses being provided ...

Relief expires 1 April 2026. The current exemption under ASIC Corporations (Employee redundancy funds relief) Instrument 2015/1150 will not be remade. From that date, operators must comply with ...

Subscription traps in digital markets: While last year’s priorities focused on misleading or deceptive advertising in the digital economy, this year the ACCC is prioritising manipulative and false ...

In 2026, Australia faces renewed pressure by the Trump administration to spend more on its own defence. Current spending hovers at approximately 2% of Australia's GDP ($59 billion for 2025-26), with ...

On 9 February 2026, Treasury announced a consultation on draft laws proposed to amend the Australian Consumer Law ( ACL) to strengthen consumer protection by introducing targeted reforms on ...

In late 2025, the Federal Court delivered a landmark decision ordering Fewstone Pty Ltd, trading as City Beach, to pay $14 million in penalties for breaches of mandatory button battery safety and ...

Enforcement is live. ASIC has doubled investigations, nearly doubled court filings, issued multiple stop orders and allocated 40-plus staff to the Shield and First Guardian matters alone. Wholesale ...

On 10 February 2026, Treasury released a consultation paper, Enhancing oversight and governance of managed investment schemes ...

The Australian Government has released the findings of its Gas Market Review, a comprehensive assessment of Australia's gas market regulations overseen by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the ...

When ASIC released its Capital Markets Roadmap (REP 823) in November, it foreshadowed the introduction of an “easily-referenced regulatory guidance catalogue” for funds management. That commitment has ...

In a dramatic change to Australian patent law, Australia's Full Federal Court has just held that patents for pharmaceutical formulations are not eligible for patent term extensions (PTE): Otsuka ...

Multiple changes to the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, agreed to with the Greens, have allowed the Federal Government's package of seven Bills to pass Senate this evening. Although detailed ...