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Last week, the Australian government released its response to the Wood Review into integrity in Australian sport stating that it is supportive of the recommendations provided in the Review and committed to ensuring Australian sport is protected agai

Key issues: ASIC has again emphasized its stern stance against misleading and deceptive conduct in the crypto-asset industry. ASIC Commissioner John Price noted that notwithstanding the varying financial services laws that may apply to crypto tok

This article was featured in and extracted from the Lexis Nexis Australian Energy and Resources Law Bulletin.  The Mineral and Energy Resources (Financial Provisioning) Bill 2018 (Qld) contains significant reforms to the way the costs and liabil

100% fly-in fly out (FIFO) ban The Strong and Sustainable Resource Communities Act 2016 commenced on 31 August 2017. Large resource projects are prohibited from employing workers on a 100% FIFO basis. The Act also retrospectively prohibits la

Yesterday, the Governor in Council made the new Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks) Regulation 2017 (Qld).  Section 3 of the new regulations is a significant change because it sets out 19 categories of special terms that are “prohibited sp

We are very pleased to bring you our first resources and energy sector news from HopgoodGanim Lawyers. The Hunt & Humphry team have settled in and the whole firm is enjoying having them on board. Please enjoy the first edition and feel free to