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 ...

Justice Smith refused Stability AI's application for reverse summary judgment on the basis that there was, to the mind of the ...

What's changed: The original Bill required that actions be "not inconsistent" with the national environmental standards. The ...

The parties will “accelerate the secure supply” of critical minerals (lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, high-purity alumina, manganese, vanadium and others) and rare earths for defence, advanced ...

On 4 December 2025, the High Court of Australia granted Uber's request for special leave to appeal this decision. The Court of Appeal's construction of the contractor provisions contained in Division ...

The Australian regulatory landscape for foreign financial service providers (FFSPs) has been the subject of future uncertainty for some time. Currently, many FFSPs from sufficiently equivalent ...

The PRIS laws apply to 'contracted service providers'. A contracted service provider is a party to a State services contract that provide services to or on behalf of a public entity, or a ...

With an increased focus on psychosocial hazards, the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 commenced on 22 August 2025, replacing the 2017 Regulation. While the new instrument largely preserves the ...

Injunctions are an increasingly important tool in the armoury of business' cyber risk strategies, as shown by the growing body of judicial consideration and the orders courts are willing to make.

The first week of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, has set the stage for transformative climate action – and Australian businesses are squarely in the frame. From adaptation metrics to climate finance and ...

ASIC has taken enforcement action against the research house, SQM Research Pty Ltd, to hold it responsible over its role in assigning favourable ratings to the now collapsed Shield Master Funds. It is ...

From 20 October 2025, coronial inquests for "mining related reportable deaths" in Queensland are mandatory. On 24 October 2025 the Queensland Government announced that "Mining and Resources Coroner ...