All Articles From Sandy Donaldson
The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
What is it and what are the likely impacts on agribusiness?
Finders Keepers - Who Owns Abandoned Goods?
Take a drive around the suburbs of any Australian city and you will usually come across things sitting on the footpath, commonly furniture or old household appliances. This seems increasingly to be…
Alert: Welcome Tax Breaks for Start-ups on Employee Shares
On Tuesday 14 October 2014 the Australian Government confirmed it would introduce a number of key reforms as part of its “National Industry Innovation & Competitiveness Agenda”. One significant…
RIP OAIC: New Office for the Privacy Commissioner
As a result of the cost-cutting measures in the Australian Government’s Budget, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner [OAIC] will be disbanded by 1 January 2015. The OAIC is an…
Privacy of Personal and Credit Information: What Should You Do?
The New Rules The new regimes for privacy of personal information and credit information in the Privacy Act have been in force since 14 March 2014. The Office of the Australian Information…
Privacy Act - Today Is “P” Day
Today (12/03/2014) is the day that massive changes to the Privacy Act come into effect. These include the new Australian Privacy Principles (“APPs”) and the new “positive” credit reporting system.…
DW Fox Tucker Guides Chinese ASX Listing Success
DW Fox Tucker has successfully overseen one of the largest IPOs of a Chinese company in Australia. Sino Australia Oil and Gas Ltd (Sino), the Australian holding company of Zhaodong Huaying Drilling…
False, Misleading Or Deceptive Conduct: The ACCC Widens The Net To Include Directors And Others
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it is moving from a focus of compliance review to an enforcement-focus approach in relation to breaches of the Australian…
Patents for Genes in Australia and the USA
Judgments have recently been delivered in cases in Australia and the USA with different results in relation to the complex and sometimes emotive area of patents for genes. In Cancer Voices Australia…
Big Changes to Privacy Law and Credit Reporting: Are You Ready?
Australian Privacy Law
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