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Workers Compensation Amendment (Latest Index Number) Regulation 2018

Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment Order 2018

Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc v VicForests [2018] FCA 178 - interpretation of regulatory scheme under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)

Philipsen v American Medical Systems LLC [2018] FCA 246 - service of documents in a foreign country

Zisopoulos v Commissioner of Police [2018] NSWIRComm 1011 - removal of police officer

Alleged Barwon-Darling water thieves to be prosecuted after ABC investigation

Victorian government to expunge criminal records wrongly given to Stolen Generations survivors

Digital platforms inquiry - submissions to the ACCC's inquiry are due 3 April

Counting down to Europe’s new data protection laws, and why Australian businesses need to comply by Lyn Nicholson and Georgia Milne of Holding Redlich - discusses the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and its implications for Australian businesses

Drafting and enforcing restraints of trade by Dilan Mahendra and Lucy Saunders of Greenway Chambers - provides practical guidance on drafting and enforcing restraints of trade

High Court dismisses two SOPA related appeals by Alex Whiteside, Emanuel Confos, James Scannell, and Adam T Murphy of Norton Rose Fulbright - discusses Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd [2018] HCA 4 and Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd v Vadasz [2018] HCA 5

High Court reviews ability to challenge adjudication determinations under SOPA legislation by Travis Toemoe and Juliana Jorissen of King & Wood Mallesons - discusses Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd [2018] HCA 4 and Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd v Vadasz [2018] HCA 5

The Internet of Things and the law podcast of The Law Report presented by Damien Carrick

Law Society journal, Issue 42, March 2018 - in this issue : The dark side of bitcoin Kate Allman / Pioneers and pariahs : a century of women in law Tony Cunneen / The beauty of boutiques Dominic Rolfe / 25 years of the Disability Discrimination Act : success, stagnation and strengthening the law Alastair McEwin / 'Outer limit' contracts within unfair dismissal bounds Jack De Flamingh and Erin Kiley / Why it's time to wise up about metadata Helen Brown / Split-deposit clauses and penalties reconsidered Kye Tran-Tsai and Benjamin Adams / Global developments in cyber security law : is Australia keeping pace? Karen Keogh, Chelsea Gordon and Patricia Marinovic / The Montara oil spill class action - time extended for Indonesian seaweed farmers Richard Ryan / This time it's personal : defamation claims against solicitors Elissa Baxter / Managing costs in medical negligence claims Sally Gleeson and Alicia Wong / Court-referred ADR : judicial perceptions Pip Ryan

Federal court reports, Vol 251(1), February 2018 - in this issue : Blueport Nominees Pty Ltd v Sewerage Management Services Pty Ltd / Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation / Duggan v Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board / Dyankov v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Tesic

Federal court reports, Vol 251(2), February 2018 - in this issue : Kronen v Commerical Motor Industries Pty Ltd / McGlade v Native Title Registrar / Shrestha v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Animal Protection and Crimes Legislation Amendment (Reporting Animal Cruelty and Protection of Animal Enterprises) Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Council and second reading, 8 March

Casino Control Amendment Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Assembly and second reading, 6 March

Gaming Machines Amendment (Leasing and Assessment) Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Assembly and second reading, 6 March

Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 - passed by both houses, 7 March, awaiting assent

Liquor and Gaming Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Assembly and second reading, 6 March

Modern Slavery Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Council and second reading, 8 March

Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Property Industry Reform) Bill 2017 - passed by both houses, 7 March, awaiting assent

Registered Clubs Amendment (Accountability and Amalgamations) Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Assembly and second reading, 6 March

Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Road Safety) Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Assembly and second reading, 6 March

Saint John’s College Bill 2017 - passed by both houses, 7 March, awaiting assent

Smoke-free Environment Amendment (E-cigarettes) Bill 2017 - second reading speech negatived on division in the Legislative Council, 8 March

State Debt Recovery Bill 2017 - passed Legislative Assembly without amendment and Legislative Council first reading, 7 March

Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Council and second reading, 7 March

Wyong Special Area (Protection) Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Council and second reading, 8 March

Criminal CPD - a new website for conference and seminar papers dealing with criminal law

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee hearing on the Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2017 and Family Law Amendment (Parenting Management Hearings) Bill 2017, 23 February%20Bill%202017%202010s%202018%22 "")

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2018] FCA 155 - credit contracts

DJ Singh v DH Singh and Others [2018] NSWCA 30 - succession, testamentary capacity

Plankton Australia Pty Limited v Rainstorm Dust Control Pty Limited [2018] FCA 174 - formation of contracts (principles)

Australian anti-discrimination law (3rd ed) / Neil Rees, Simon Rice and Dominique Allen

Australian master tax guide 2018 (62nd ed)

Australian tax handbook 2018 / R L Deutsch, M L Friezer, I G Fullerton, P J Hanley and T J Snape

The criminal codes : commentary and materials (7th ed) / Thomas Crofts, Kelley Burton, Ross Martin, Toby Nisbet and Stella Tarrant

Encounters with constitutional interpretation and legal education : essays in honour of Michael Coper / James Stellios (ed)

Leading arbitrators' guide to international arbitration (3rd ed) / Lawrence W Newman and Richard D Hill (eds)

The Littlehampton libels : a miscarriage of justice and a mystery about words in 1920s England / Christopher Hilliard

Ong on rectification / Denis S K Ong

Rawlinsons Australian construction handbook 2018 (36th ed) / Rawlinsons Construction Cost Consultants and Quantity Surveyors

Rawlinsons construction cost guide 2018 for housing, small commercial and industrial buildings / Rawlinsons Construction Cost Consultants and Quantity Surveyors (eds)

Stewart's guide to employment law (6th ed) / Andrew Stewart

Steelforce Trading Pty Ltd v Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science [2018] FCAFC 20 - Part XVB of the customs Act 1901 (Cth), special provisions relating to anti-dumping duties

Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Apotex Pty Limited (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 26 - the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) and whether the test of “undue burden” should be applied

Federal judge says embedding a tweet can be copyright infringement - in Goldman v Breitbart the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that embedding a tweet in a web page could infringe copyright

The first mention of the law courts flood of 2017? - Kallin Pty Ltd v ACN 107 851 847 Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 124

Back to the past for dodgy construction payment adjudications: Probuild and Maxcon

Data breaches: 'Some' companies unprepared says cybersecurity minister as laws take effect

District court law reports (NSW), Volume 25(1), February 2018 - in this issue : Al-Ebadi v Guo / Byers v Frith (No 2) / Dedula v New South Wales / Gould v South Western Sydney Local Health District / Mader v The Queen / Mohareb v Palmer (No 4) / Mosslmani v Nationwide News Pty Ltd / R v Biasi

Federal court reports, Volume 250(4), February 2018 - in this issue : ARJ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / CDD15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Low v Barnet / Marzano v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Murad v Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection / Traljesic v Bosnia and Herzegovina

Australian journal of competition and consumer law, Volume 25(4), December 2017 - in this issue : The intriguing concept of "give effect to" Ketki Kotwal / Most favoured nations : when a clause falls out of favour Caroline Oddie and Amanda Richman / Proving corporations are agents : problems and solutions David Godwin / Merger authorisations and the public benefit test : what on earth is a public benefit? Nicholas Allingham / Remedies and harm in the post-Harper environment Paul D Evans / Extra-territoriality and markets "in Australia" Julie Clarke / Unfair small business contracts legislation gets its day in court Frank Zumbo and Caroline Michel / Australia : a market no longer girt by sea? Air New Zealand Ltd v ACCC Thomas Smalley / The Air Cargo litigation - "a tyre is [not] a car" Hank Spier and Charles Sweeney / Amendments to South Korean competition law Sarah Andrews and Rosie Finlayson / There are two sides to every story - credit cards and antisteering restrictions Christopher Pleatsikas

Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (The Bay Street Case) [2018] FCA 83 - industrial law

Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union & Anor [2018] HCA 3 - industrial law

CNS v Transport for NSW [2018] NSWCATAD 40 - privacy and travel information

Cooper v NSW Ministry of Health [2018] NSWCATAD 37 - access to information

Kobelt v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2018] FCAFC 18 - s 29(1) of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth)

Meat & Livestock Australia Limited v Cargill, Inc [2018] FCA 51 - patents and the bovine genome

Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd v Vadasz & Ors [2018] HCA 5 - Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (SA)

Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd & Anor [2018] HCA 4 - judicial review

Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2018] FCAFC 17 - constitutional law

Commercial applications of company law / Pamela Hanrahan, Ian Ramsay and Geof Stapledon

Fraud, financial crime and money laundering / Hugh McDermott (ed)

Health and safety law in Victoria / Breen Creighton and Peter Rozen

Korea : where the American century began / Michael Pembroke

The law of contract / Michael Furmston (ed)

Lord Sumption and the limits of the law / N W Barber, Richard Ekins and Paul Yowell (eds)

Family Impact Commission Bill 2018 - Legislative Council second reading 15 February 2018

Food Amendment (Seafood Country of Origin Labelling) Bill 2017 - defeated in the Legislative Assembly 15 February 2018

Medicinal Cannabis (Compassionate Access) Bill 2018 - Legislative Council second reading 15 February 2018

Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Property Industry Reform) Bill 2017 - introduced in Legislative Council and 1st reading 14 February 2018

Vexatious Proceedings Amendment (Statutory Review) Bill 2017 - passed by both houses 13 February 2018

Murray-Darling plan on brink of collapse as changes shot down in Senate

New South Wales law reports, Volume 93(4), February 2018 - in this issue : Free Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese for Australia and New Zealand Property Trust v Bishop Irinej Dobrijevic / Morgan v District Court of New South Wales / Shinwari v anjoul by her tutor Anjoul / Tootle v R / Wilson v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)

Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - passed the Legislative Assembly without amendment on 7 February 2018

Industrial Relations Amendment (Contracts of Carriage) Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Assembly on 8 February 2018

Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 - introduced in the Legislative Assembly on 7 February 2018

Vexatious Proceedings Amendment (Statutory Review) Bill 2017 - passed the Legislative Assembly without amendment on 7 February 2018

Assange launches 'public interest' case after losing bid to have arrest warrant dropped

'Image ballistics' : your smartphone camera reveals more than you think - discusses image metadata

NSW government introduces tough road safety plans after deadly year on roads

NSW court to hear 'landmark' challenge to coalmine over climate change impact

Melbourne university law review, Volume 41(1), 2017 - in this issue : Negligence claims by subsequent building owners : did the life of Bryan end too soon? Matthew Bell and Wayne Jocic / Parliament, the judiciary and fundamental rights : the strength of the principle of legality Francis Cardell-Oliver / Anti-suit injunctions in Australia Michael Douglas / Icarus and the Evidence Act : section 137, probative value and taking forensic science evidence 'at its highest' Gary Edmond / Government contracts and public law Hon K. M. Hayne AC / Cosmopolitan originalism : revisiting the role of international law in constitutional interpretation Noam Kolt / Australia's accession to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements Brooke Adele Marshall and Mary Keyes / Regulating cyber-racism Gail Mason and Natalie Czapski / Marginalising health information : implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement for Alcohol Labelling Paula O'Brien, Debora Gleeson, Robin Room and Claire Wilkinson / Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (in liq) v McGraw-Hill Financial Inc : accessing third party documents in a foreign jurisdiction by subpoena : the Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (in liq) v McGraw-Hill Financial Inc class action Michael Legg and Joshua Kang / DPP (Vic) v O'Neill : sentencing offenders with personality disorders : a critical analysis of DPP (Vic) v O'Neill Jamie Walvisch and Andrew Carroll

Modern law review, Volume 81(1), January 2018 - in this issue : The current political discourse concerning international law James Crawford / Rail franchises, competition and public service Tony Prosser and Luke Butler / The promise and perils of crowdfunding : between corporate finance and consumer contracts John Armour and Luca Enriques / The dynamics of enduring property relationships in land Sarah Blandy, Susan Bright and Sarah Nield / Universal credit, 'positive citizenship', and the working poor : squaring the eternal circle Philip M. Larkin / Frozen corpses and feuding parents : Re JS (Disposal of Body) Heather Conway / On the relations between agent and principal : Angove's Pty Ltd v Bailey Julius A. W. Grower / In defence of constitutional law Pavlos Eleftheriadis

Sydney law review, Volume 39(4), December 2017 - in this issue : A constitutional antinomy : the principle in McCawley v The King and territorial limits on state legislative power Peter Congdon / Creating ripples, making waves? Assessing the general deterrence effects of enforcement activities of the Fair Work Ombudsman Tess Hardy and John Howe / Banning orders : an empirical analysis of the dominant mode of corporate law enforcement in Australia Jasper Hedges, George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay / Domestic and family violence and police negligence Mandy Shircore, Heather Douglas and Victoria Morwood / arbitration of cross-border consumer transactions in Australia : a way forward? Richard Garnett / The ordinary, reasonable search engine user and the defamatory capacity of search engine results in Trkulja v Google Inc David Rolph / Meta-regulation in practice : beyond normative views of morality and rationality Jesse Cunningham

The Close the Gap - 10 Year Review has just been released, it critically examines the 2008 Council of Australian Governments’ Closing the Gap Strategy, which aimed to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Also see 'Almost a full retreat': damning review finds Closing the Gap policy 'effectively abandoned' and Closing the Gap review finds policy 'effectively abandoned' amid 'extensive funding cuts'.