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Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has delayed a new law that would allow employees to work from home two days a week and make employers cover the reasonable costs of the arrangement after pushback from business.
Representatives from Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap will front a Senate hearing this week over whether they should face penalties of up to $99 million for failing to comply with new rules barring children under 16 from accessing their platforms.
Norton Rose Fulbright has hired the former co-head of Baker McKenzie's Australian healthcare and life sciences group to join its corporate practice group in Sydney.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has been hit with enforcement action by the prudential regulator for cybersecurity failures by a former business, and has agreed to an $8 million penalty.
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskus has announced the government will conduct a royal commission into artificial intelligence, just days after signing a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI.
The government is mulling stronger privacy laws to deal with emerging technologies like smart glasses, with the OAIC saying it was giving "serious consideration" to the privacy issues raised by the glasses, most of which are made by Meta.
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Holding Redlich has hired four Melbourne-based lawyers from HWL Ebsworth, including two partners, to bolster its construction team.
Businesses in two cases against Lloyd's and QBE over COVID-19 losses have failed in an appeal of a ruling stripping the suits of class action status.
The ACCC will examine regional mobile coverage across Australia and whether regulating wholesale access to some mobile services would improve customer outcomes, as part of a new inquiry.