National News

Anti Money Laundering

AUSTRAC deadline approaching
Security Access 10/03/2010 12:19:33 PM
AUSTRAC is reminding industry that the deadline for submission of 2009 anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) compliance reports is ...
Enterprise email deluge generates 30Tb a quarter
iTWire 5/03/2010 11:15:16 AM
Organisations also needed to ensure that they were compliant with a raft of corporate rules from Sarbanes-Oxley to anti money laundering legislation.
The new cost of security
Business Spectator 18/02/2010 1:59:20 PM
Then there are the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws, introduced in 2007, that have required an ongoing implementation program. ...
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Law Firms

Sydney's new arbitration centre: a threat to HKIAC?
Legal Business Online 10/03/2010 4:14:25 PM
Baykitch said that law firms in Asia should not be worried about losing work to Sydney. “I think competition is a good thing but … ...
Sydney's new arbitration centre: a threat to Asian firms?
Legal Business Online 9/03/2010 3:47:57 PM
Baykitch said that law firms in Asia should not be worried about losing work to Sydney. “I think competition is a good thing but … ...
Twelve angling (for) women
The New Lawyer 8/03/2010 10:38:27 PM
GLASS ceilings, slippery ladders, boys' clubs and fraternities are finally being eradicated in an elite list of law firms, the government announced today. ...
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Tax

Tax reform should include cuts to marginal rates
The Australian 11/03/2010 1:01:40 AM
WITH the recommendations of the Rudd government's tax review (the Henry review) completed but still under wraps, we are left to interpret the smoke signals ...
Only a carbon tax and nuclear power can save us
The Australian 11/03/2010 12:38:46 AM
The money, all of it, should be given as a monthly "green cheque" and possibly in part as an income-tax reduction. Each legal adult resident would get an ...
Labor not stalling over tax review, says Tanner
ABC Online 11/03/2010 12:04:44 AM
Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner has rejected suggestions the Government is delaying the release of the Henry Tax review for political purposes. ...
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Workplace Law

The Aussie version of Good Faith Bargaining
Smart Company (blog) 9/03/2010 8:37:34 AM
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the loose leaf publication, The OHS Handbook, and writes on workplace law issues such as Industrial Relations, Employment law, ...
SEQ law firm leads the way in Asian business
Queensland Business Review 5/03/2010 9:37:21 AM
... of more than 70 staff, MSL now incorporates Australian Migration Lawyers, Gadens National Mortgage Service (NMS) Queensland and Workplace Law Queensland.
Shire wins dismissal case
Wagin Argus 25/02/2010 4:24:27 PM
... position in as many years, Mr Hunter refused to back down without a fight and engaged the services of WA Workplace Law legal director Warren Milward. ...
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Legislation

High cattle 'will return'
Weekly Times Now 11/03/2010 2:37:46 AM
But Nationals deputy leader Peter Walsh said the Coalition had received advice from "senior parliamentary staff" that legislation was not required to return ...
Drink drivers to pay for breath testing car 'interlocks'
Herald Sun 11/03/2010 1:13:25 AM
Premier Anna Bligh said yesterday the legislation would be in force by Christmas to mandate the use of the technology for those convicted of high-level or ...Drink-drive action long time comingGold Coast Bulletin NewsBligh's KO blow for drink-driversGold Coast Bulletin News
Indian bill backs women MPs
The Australian 11/03/2010 12:33:54 AM
BJP leader Arun Jaitley spoke passionately in favour of the women's quota during the debate, warning that without the legislation, discrimination against ...India passes law on women quota in parliamentRadio AustraliaIndian bill reserves third of legislative seats for womenSydney Morning HeraldIndia set to pass historic equality billBigPond News
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Government

EU-US tanker contract spat to have 'consequences': France
Sydney Morning Herald 11/03/2010 4:15:21 AM
A government spokesman added that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will bring up the subject when he visits his US counterpart Barack Obama next month. ...
Feel-good show lacked depth
The Australian 11/03/2010 12:38:39 AM
Abbott is developing a positively Rudd-like ability to upstage the Prime Minister at these international heads of government meetings. ...A man who prefers mums to interloping presidentsThe AgeWe are so close, but so far apartSydney Morning HeraldIndonesia, Australia to formalise people smuggling agreementRadio Australia News
Rudd to offer incentives for top hospitals
ABC Online 11/03/2010 12:23:52 AM
(AAP : Dean Lewins) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Government will offer incentive payments to outstanding hospitals under its new health plan. ...Rudd pledges more cash for hospitalsHerald SunWhoever wins, Labor loses as Brumby, Rudd swap swipesThe AgeReduce waiting times, get bonus cash: RuddSydney Morning Herald
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