Australian Regulatory Compliance Review

Australian legal and regulatory impacts on businesses.

Author: David Jacobson is the founder of Jacobson Consulting, which helps businesses with policy development and complex projects and is based in Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia.

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Recent Posts from Australian Regulatory Compliance Review

Directors' personal liability principles
The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, has announced that the Ministerial Council for Corporations (MINCO) has agreed on a set of principles by which all jurisdictions will audit their…
Government proposes changes to Franchising Code of Conduct
The Government has responded to reports of the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and the Senate Standing Committee on Economics by announcing that it will strengthen the Franchising Code of Conduct and the…
Superannuation clearing house service for small business
The Minister for Superannuation, Chris Bowen MP, and Minister for Small Business, Craig Emerson MP, have announced that the Government will deliver a free superannuation clearing house service for small business through Medicare Australia. The…
Austrac issues first remedial direction
AUSTRAC has issued its first remedial direction for non-compliance with the AML/CTF Act. The direction was issued to Ms Mojgan Zojaji, trading as Little Persia, a remittance service provider, for failure to adopt and maintain…
Eligible Emissions units as Financial Products: Draft Regulations
The Government has decided that eligible emissions units under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will be financial products for the purpose of the Corporations Act 2001 and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001.…
Funded class actions get ASIC relief
To avoid any uncertainty arising from Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd [2009] FCAFC 147, ASIC has announced its intention to grant transitional relief to lawyers and litigation funders involved in…
Regulation of food safety
The Productivity Commission has published a draft research report on the Regulation of Food Safety. The Report highlights the lack of uniformity in food safety standards and the administration and enforcement of food safety regulation…
Commonwealth Bank of Australia pays $100,000 fine for breach of continuous disclosure law
This article by me was first published in Complinet. On 16 December 2008 as the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) was attempting to close a AU$2 billion capital raising it received updated information about its…
Australian Consumer Law update: deferral to 1 July 2010 and other amendments
The Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009 has been introduced into the Senate. The Government has tabled amendments proposing that the provisions concerning the national unfair contract terms law will not commence before…
Bankruptcy Amendment Bill introduced
The Attorney-General, Robert McClelland,has introduced the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 into Parliament. The Bill introduces a number of reforms, including: increasing the minimum amount for which a creditor can petition for bankruptcy from $2,000…