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Environmental Liability in Australia and New Zealand – Reference Guide 2025
As environmental liability broadens and environmental legislation tightens across Australia and New Zealand, businesses of all sizes and industries are increasingly vulnerable to regulatory action in the event of a pollution incident. That's why we’ve released our Environmental Liability in Australia and New Zealand Reference Guide for 2025 – a resource outlining pollution offences, reporting and compliance obligations, regulatory actions, and penalties across each Australian state and territory, along with New ...
Is the new tort for serious invasion of privacy relevant to Government?
By: Clare McNamara and John McPherson From 10 June 2025, serious invasions of privacy are actionable as a new statutory tort in Australia. The new tort was introduced by addition of a new Schedule 2 to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Note that Schedule 2 was inserted into the Privacy Act 1988 by the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, with Schedule 2 commencing on 10 June 2025. Our previous article ...
2024/25 WK Turning Point Competition: Winner Announced
Congratulations to Derek Martin, Head of APA Claims at Munich Re on winning the WK Turning Point Competition for 2024/25! The 2024/25 competition challenged the insurance industry’s most creative and progressive thinkers to develop a white paper through the lens of an insurance ‘turning point’ market issue in the Property, Energy & Infrastructure sector. Derek impressed the judging panel with his submission on ‘Rethinking the Approach to SRCC and Political Violence in the ...