First steps to reform Aus­tralian pri­va­cy laws

Jun 12, 2012

Recent­ly, on 24 June 2010, the Fed­er­al Cab­i­net Sec­re­tary, Sen­a­tor the Hon­ourable Joe Lud­wig, released expo­sure draft leg­is­la­tion that Gov­ern­ment…
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Footy Wars Con­tin­ue: Optus’ win reversed by Full Fed­er­al Court

May 15, 2012

Footy Wars Con­tin­ue: Optus’ win reversed by Full Fed­er­al Court In our pre­vi­ous arti­cle, ​“Optus Wins Most Recent Footy Wars”, we…
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iiNet may have pre­vailed in copy­right infringe­ment case, but ISPs should beware 

May 15, 2012

In Brief After much delib­er­a­tion, the iiNet mat­ter has been laid to rest with the High Court uphold­ing the Full…
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Still haven’t found what I’m look­ing for… Teething Prob­lems with the PPSR

May 15, 2012

More than three months after the go-live, sig­nif­i­cant prob­lems per­sist with the reli­a­bil­i­ty of the Per­son­al Prop­er­ty Secu­ri­ties Reg­is­ter (PPSR)…
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Changes to cred­it reporting

May 15, 2012

In Brief On 2 May 2012, the Com­mon­wealth Attor­ney-Gen­er­al, Nico­la Rox­on, announced that pro­posed amend­ments to the Pri­va­cy Act 1988 (Cth) will…
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Health & Safe­ty Rep­re­sen­ta­tives: intro­duc­tion to the workplace

May 15, 2012

In Brief Fol­low­ing on from our ear­li­er arti­cle regard­ing the new Work Health and Safe­ty Act 2011 (NSW) (WHS Act), this…
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Google AdWords on Tri­al: ACCC estab­lish­es mis­lead­ing or decep­tive conduct

May 15, 2012

In Brief In what is like­ly to be her­ald­ed as a land­mark deci­sion for Aus­trali­a’s con­sumer watch­dog, the Fed­er­al Court of…
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Con­ver­gence Review: Update

May 15, 2012

On 30 April 2012, the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­men­t’s report on its Con­ver­gence Review was released. The report aims to devel­op tech­no­log­i­cal­ly…
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iiNet may have pre­vailed in copy­right infringe­ment case, but ISPs should beware 

May 15, 2012

In Brief After much delib­er­a­tion, the iiNet mat­ter has been laid to rest with the High Court uphold­ing the Full…
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Hol­ly­wood stu­dios lose to ISP iiNet in copy­right autho­ri­sa­tion case

May 14, 2012

In Brief Hol­ly­wood stu­dios have appealed the recent land­mark Fed­er­al Court deci­sion that found inter­net ser­vice provider (ISP) iiNet not…
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