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- The Carbon Price – Impacts on Australia's mining industry
- Carbon Price – reason enough to consider offshore IT infrastructure?
- Passing on the cost of the Carbon Pricing Scheme – what does your service agreement allow for?
- Cost-benefit analysis – what are the risks associated with using offshore IT infrastructure and services?
- Carbon pricing & your IT Infrastructure - What to do now?
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- What cost a carbon price? ACCC oversight of carbon claims
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- Transfer pricing: a complex and pervasive issue
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- Early dispute resolution efforts compulsory in Federal Courts
- Carbon Price Legislation introduced into Parliament
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- A clean slate: prospects for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation
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- Corrs In Brief: Coming to an industry near you - price signalling amendments one step closer
- Corrs In Brief: Overview of the National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Credit Cards and Home Loans) Bill 2011
- Corrs In Brief: ACCC v Allergy Pathway
- Corrs In Brief: Australian International Arbitration Reform
- Corrs In Brief: Changes to Sale of Land Act (Vic)
- Corrs In Brief: Copyright found not to exist in headlines and bylines
- Corrs In Brief: English High Court finds that headlines can be independent copyright works
- Corrs In Brief: Environmental approval processes in Western Australia streamlined
- Corrs In Brief: Executive Remuneration Bill proposed changes to the Corporations Act
- Corrs In Brief: Government Issues Draft of New Australian Privacy Principles
- Corrs In Brief: ICACs call for reform to the Part 3A Regime
- Corrs In Brief: Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission for Victoria
- Corrs In Brief: Mixed signals - proposed prohibitions on price signalling
- Corrs In Brief: New Energy Efficiency Disclosure Obligations to Commence Shortly for Owners and Tenants of Large Office Buildings
- Corrs In Brief: New Tax System For Managed Investment Trusts
- Corrs In Brief: New dividend rules
- Corrs In Brief: New gTLDs: Threats to and opportunities for brand owners
- Corrs In Brief: Of mooses, ingnues and vulgarians: ACCC v Optus Singtel
- Corrs In Brief: New Environmental Monitoring Programs and levies for clusters of industries in NSW
- Corrs In Brief: Proposed changes to South Australian land rich provisions
- Corrs In Brief: Queensland to Join the "Landholder" Club
- Corrs In Brief: Recent reforms to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000: Shorter DA process, changes to planning certificates and more
- Corrs In Brief: Review of overlapping coal and coal seam gas tenure
- Corrs In Brief: The ACCC's revised immunity policy and the Commonwealth DPP
- Corrs In Brief: The Metropolitan Plan for Sydney 2036
- Corrs In Brief: The National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011
- Corrs In Brief: The Victorian climate change white paper implementation plan - post-election prospects
- Corrs In Brief: The cartel conduct amendments to the TPA - what you need to know
- Corrs In Brief: Victoria takes ADR to the next level
- Corrs In Brief: Victoria's Climate Change Bill 2010
- Corrs In Brief: When is software a good?
- Corrs in Brief: "Sweeping Reform" to the Franchising Code to Take Effect from 1 July 2010
- Corrs in Brief: ACCC v Singtel Optus Pty Lt d [2011] FCA 87
- Corrs in Brief: Carbon Price Mechanism
- Corrs in Brief: Creating Cultural Change: Moving Away from the Adversarial Nature of Litigation
- Corrs in Brief: Creeping Acquisitions, the Merger Test and Unconscionable Conduct - Bill Introduced to Parliament
- Corrs in Brief: Fibre in New Property Developments
- Corrs in Brief: Roadshow Films v iiNet (Full Court appeal) - ISP not liable for authorising copyright infringement (but only just!)
- Corrs in Brief: Voluntary Planning Agreement requirements prior to certification
- Corrs in Brief: Current issues in Australia's mining industry
- Corrs In Brief: Transitional arrangements released for Part 3A projects
- Corrs In Brief: New Infrastructure NSW Bill 2011
- Corrs In Brief: Mixed signals - proposed prohibitions on price signalling
- Corrs In Brief: National harmonisation of work health and safety laws: fact or fiction?
- Corrs In Brief: Federal Court rejects coverage of agreement
- Corrs In Brief: Price Signalling and Information Disclosure Prohibitions - some implications for the banking sector
- Corrs In Brief: Harmonisation of Occupational Health & Safety Laws
- Corrs In Brief: Strategic Cropping Land - Implications for the Mining and Petroleum Industries
- Corrs In Brief: Restriction on exploration and mining in urban areas
- Corrs In Brief: Metcash defeats ACCC challenge to Franklins acquisition
- Corrs in Brief: The ACCC/Metcash decision – What it means in mergers
- Corrs in Brief: First tranche of FOFA released
- Corrs In Brief: Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings
- Corrs In Brief: Repeal of Part 3A and new regime for state significant infrastructure and development
- Corrs In Brief: SOP claims and liquidated damages - no right to set off?
- Corrs In Brief: Cumberlong Holding Pty Ltd v Dalcross Properties Pty Ltd [2011] HCA 27
- Corrs In Brief: Metcash update – ACCC injunction hangs in the balance
- Corrs In Brief: Metcash update – ACCC injunction rejected
- Corrs In Brief: Stronger Super reforms announced
- Corrs In Brief: Patent Law Reform Update (Raising the Bar Bill)
- Corrs in Brief - New Discrimination Laws in Victoria
- Corrs In Brief: The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) and its impact on real property transactions
- Corrs In Brief: Second Tranche of FOFA Released – Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011
- Corrs In Brief: Core Framework for MySuper Released
- Corrs In Brief: Further Reforms to NSW Political Donations Laws
- Corrs In Brief: Time To Get “Fibre-Ready” – New Mandatory Requirements For Construction Development Projects
- Corrs In Brief: New National Business Names Register in 2012
- Corrs In Brief: Convergence – regulatory framework could be turned on its head
- Corrs In Brief: Prudential Standards For Superannuation
- Corrs In Brief: ASX and JORC invite comments on disclosure rules for listed resources companies
- Corrs In Brief: Infrastructure - preserving the value of early stage tax losses
- Corrs In Brief: Government introduces Bill to increase SG to 12%
- Corrs In Brief: Has the tide turned for Fortescue?
- Corrs In Brief: MySuper Bill introduced into Parliament & Tax Concession for Low Income Earners announced
- Corrs In Brief: When is everything a fixture?
- Corrs In Brief: Six key lessons for employers from the Qantas dispute
- Corrs In Brief: Streamlining of Exploration and Development Approval Processes
- Corrs In Brief: Union coverage in bargaining disputes
- Corrs In Brief: New Regulator Proposed for the Road Transport Industry
- Corrs In Brief: Creeping Acquisitions and Price Signalling Amendments Passed
- Corrs In Brief: One Month Out – Harmonisation...when?
- Corrs In Brief: But I want my TV Now! Copyright implications of cloud computing services
- Corrs In Brief: Metcash/Franklins merger – Full court downs ACCC appeal and leaves matters of principle unresolved
- Corrs In Brief: Loaded hourly rates including annual leave payments allowed in enterprise agreements – but employers should exercise caution
- Corrs In Brief: Second Tranche of Stronger Super released – Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations And Prudential Standards) Bill 2012
- Corrs In Brief: The Federal Court declines to expand the law of penalties
- Corrs In Brief: What to Expect from the Fair Work Review
- Corrs in Brief: Guideline on “call-in” of State significant development released
- Corrs in Brief: Optus v NRL - a silver lining for cloud-based services?
- Corrs in Brief: Corrs’ submission to Treasury on amendments to the dividend rules
- Corrs in Brief: Court imposes carbon offset condition
- Corrs in Brief: Stronger Super Bill on trustee obligations and prudential standards introduced into Parliament
- Corrs in Brief: Implications of PPSA issues affecting mining services contracts
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- Improving the Trade Environment: APEC's programme for the improvement of the business environment
- Global growth through enhanced trade
- How can we strengthen our economies and our societies?
- World Leadership and the Art of Diplomacy
- Action to liberalise global trade and investment
- Sustainable investment in least developing nations
- Australia’s trade and investment performance in Asia
- Is Australia managing?
- Investment in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Australia's China Challenge
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- ECM Newsletter: August Edition
- Case note: Huntlee Pty Ltd and Minister for Planning and Infrastructure v Sweetwater Action Group Inc [2011] NSWCA 378
- MTAS: the more things change, the more they stay the same (but lower)
- ASX Listing Rule amendments – Proposed “good fame and character” requirement for directors in listing applications
- ASX Listing Rule amendments – How the ASX’s new “good fame and character” requirement applies to foreign directors
- Doing Business In Australia
- TGIF
- ASIC National insolvent trading program report and ASIC Duty to prevent insolvent trading: Guide for directors
- Administrators' application to the court for directions
- An automatic right to an adjournment for new lawyers?
- An overview of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009
- Application for declarations recognising a foreign courts orders
- Appointment of administrators by secured creditors and directors and the subsequent application of s 447A
- Bare trustee’s entitlement to be indemnified out of trust property
- Can liquidators enter into funding agreements?
- Claims by shareholders in an insolvency statutory reversal of Sons of Gwalia
- Default notices - substantive rather than formal compliance
- Developer update: Changes to laws affecting off-the-plan contracts
- Directions sought by a controller under section 424
- Director denied access to documents of company in receivership
- Extensions of time limits for scheduling creditors’ meetings
- Finalisation of PPS Regulations
- Limited powers of a bare trustee to deal with trust assets
- Limiting liability with liquidated damages clauses: J-Corp Pty Ltd v Mladenis [2009] WASCA 157
- Nolan revisited the mortgagees power of sale against the mortgagors home clarified
- Octaviar - The Queensland Court of Appeals decision affirmed in the High Court
- Pitfalls for lenders when taking personal guarantees from spouses
- Pre-appointment advice and the independence of administrators when is too close for comfort?
- Problematic to presume: issues with reliance on the statutory presumption of insolvency
- Recommendations of the Senate Inquiry into the Insolvency Industry
- Regulatory Update: The Future of Financial Advice - Beyond Ripoll
- Relief against forfeiture - when is it available
- Removal of caveat lodged by registered proprietor to prevent exercise of mortgagees power of sale
- Restrictions on enforcing guarantees provided by directors of companies in administration
- Roadshow Films v iiNet: ISP not liable for 'authorising' copyright infringement
- Sons of Gwalia
- State Environmental Planning Policy (Urban Renewal) 2010
- Statutory Demands and Defects in Affidavits
- Statutory demands the difficulty in rebutting the presumption of insolvency
- Statutory demands and offsetting claims
- Stronger Super: A New Dawn for Trustee Governance
- The CAMAC report on the Sons of Gwalia decision
- The Centro Properties decision and directors' duties in relation to accounts
- The High Court warns against last-ditch amendments in litigation
- The Octaviar decision overturned for now
- The erosion of autonomy of commercial letters of credit
- The future of financial advice - beyond Ripoll
- The importance of directors informing themselves as to their companys financial position
- The power of a liquidator to assign rights of a company
- The priority of leave and superannuation entitlements falling due after commencement of receivership?
- The ramifications of a defect in a statutory demand
- Uncommercial transactions: not all about undervaluation
- Unsuccessful application by independent creditors to set aside DOCA passed by related creditors
- Update on Octaviar
- Variation of a secured liability can require registration if contemplated by the original instrument
- Voidable transactions – the importance of evidence
- Winding up corporate trustees: liquidators entitlement to remuneration and expenses from multiple trusts
- Will a mortgagee’s failure to register a charge within time impact a guarantor’s obligations?
- Receivers and legal professional privilege
- Winding up application valid despite defects in service
- When should a receivership be terminated?
- Preference payments – considering the surrounding circumstances
- Commencing proceedings against a liquidator
- Statutory demands set aside for ‘some other reason’
- D&O Policies and litigation defence costs under threat
- Landlord’s right to recover property from a company
- Substituted service of a creditors demand on a foreign company
- Bankrupt here and bankrupt there: cross-border insolvency
- Liquidation: when to terminate?
- Unfair contracts
- Priority of floating charge over a third party guarantee
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