Insights for November 2025

06/11/2025 - A structural separation of the AER and ACCC: refitting energy regulation 06/11/2025 - Do modern slavery reporting obligations apply to you? Now's the time to act! 06/11/2025 - Councillor conduct disputes could find a new home in the NSW Land & Environment Court 06/11/2025 - Consultation open to streamline and strengthen Australia's foreign investment framework 06/11/2025 - From cameras to compliance: OAIC's Kmart determination highlights facial recognition technology privacy risks 06/11/2025 - Court-ordered action: How a mandatory injunction can be used to secure contractual performance 07/11/2025 - No sure exit: Court confirms high bar to terminate M&A transaction based on a material adverse change 07/11/2025 - Private credit reforms: ASIC’s REP 823 and REP 820 raise the bar 13/11/2025 - Fitness for purpose in a different sense: is the Australian Consumer Law prepared for AI-enabled goods and services? 13/11/2025 - AI implementation 03: AI in practice – a review case study 14/11/2025 - Extension to current licensing relief for Foreign Financial Services Providers still uncertain as deadline approaches 19/11/2025 - University governance under the spotlight: the Expert Council on University Governance and Victoria's response 19/11/2025 - Payment claims to boom in Victorian oil and gas projects, following reforms to the security of payment regime 19/11/2025 - COP30 Week One: What Australian businesses need to know 19/11/2025 - Mitigation during rectification works – not necessarily unreasonable to refuse builder access to correct defects 19/11/2025 - Transparency and explainability in AI systems: global perspectives and the road to regulation in Australia 19/11/2025 - ASIC's enforcement priorities for 2026: new focus areas and enduring priorities 19/11/2025 - Federal Court explains valuation of mining projects and "real property" for Division 855 tax purposes in the Newmont case 19/11/2025 - ASIC's first strike on a research provider: what the SQM litigation means 19/11/2025 - Designing Australia's low carbon liquid fuels industry 19/11/2025 - Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 138: downstream subcontracts, CityLink roaming fees 19/11/2025 - Mandatory inquests for deaths in the Queensland mining and resources sector 26/11/2025 - Wage underpayment class actions: How to prepare for what is coming next 26/11/2025 - COP30 Belém wraps up – Resolving to go faster, slowly at the COP of (hard) truth 26/11/2025 - WA PRIS laws: Is your business a contracted service provider? If so, what now? 26/11/2025 - Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix 53: Environmental and planning law reforms, industrial chemicals and renewable energy infrastructure 26/11/2025 - Using injunctions after a cyber attack: what the courts will help you achieve