The Heavy Vehicle National Law just had its biggest shake-up in over a decade, and it landed on 1 August 2026. If you run a transport or logistics business in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, or the ACT, the rules you’ve been operating under have changed, and a documented Safety Management System is no...
Ransomware attacks are not a rare event in Australia anymore. They are a regular feature of the business risk landscape, and until recently, most organisations that paid a ransom did so quietly, with no obligation to tell anyone. That has changed. The mandatory ransomware and cyber extortion reporting regime under the Cyber Security Act 2024...
This July update summarises the legislation and regulations flagged in our register across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Commonwealth. The July register includes updates across work health and safety, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, building and construction regulation, worker screening, dangerous goods, energy retail, transport and fatigue management, healthcare administration, industrial relations, and corporate...
Australia’s mandatory climate reporting regime is no longer a “watch this space” issue. It’s live, and it’s moving through the business population in stages. Group 1 entities, the largest listed companies and financial institutions, have already lodged their first sustainability reports. Now it’s Group 2’s turn, and for a much bigger slice of Australian business,...
For years, a code of practice in New South Wales sat in a strange middle ground. It wasn’t law, but it wasn’t optional either. Courts leaned on it. Inspectors quoted it. Yet a business could technically depart from a code and still be fine, as long as it could show its own approach met the...
This June update summarises the legislation and regulations flagged in our register for the month across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Commonwealth. While the underlying amendments and commencement dates vary by instrument, the June register shows recurring activity across environmental protection, planning and development, building and construction compliance, work health and...
If your business falls into the Group 2 reporting category, the clock is ticking. From 1 July 2026, Group 2 entities will be required to start reporting climate-related financial disclosures for financial years commencing on or after that date. For most businesses in this category, that means data capture has already started and the first...
If your business works with chemicals, dust, fumes, vapours, or gases, December 2026 is a compliance date you need on your radar right now. A significant change to how airborne contaminant exposure is regulated in Australian workplaces is coming. And while six months may feel like plenty of time, the organisations that move through this...
This May update summarises the legislation and regulations flagged in our register for the month across Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Commonwealth. While the underlying amendments and commencement dates vary by instrument, the May register shows recurring activity across workplace injury and compensation, construction payment and contractor compliance, environment...
Data privacy in Australia is not what it was two years ago. The regulatory environment has shifted, and if your business has not reviewed its privacy governance recently, the gap between where you are and where the law expects you to be has quietly grown wider than most leaders realise. Here is a plain-language breakdown...
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