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The Business Council of Australia has released a report calling for policy reforms to facilitate private sector infrastructure development, including changes to the EPBC Act.

Baker McKenzie has recruited two new partners from King & Wood Mallesons and Allens to bolster the ranks of its tax and energy practices.

Environment minister Murray Watt has resisted calls to split proposed legislation that would overhaul the country's environment laws to allow business-friendly parts of the law to move forward first.

Jones Day has poached a top class actions lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills who has worked on some of the country's largest representative proceedings over the course of her 17-year career.

Clyde & Co has boosted its corporate insurance offering, welcoming back solicitor Yvonne Lam after her stint at Gilchrist Connell. 

The federal government plans to significantly increase penalties for companies that contravene environment laws as it moves forward with a suite of changes described by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young as “not worth the paper they’re printed on”.

A second MWL Financial adviser has been banned this week by the corporate regulator as part of its probe into the costly collapse of Keystone's failed Shield Master Fund.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has debuted a new expedited case list for the Commercial Court, aimed at fast-tracking urgent cases and those that can be heard in three days or less.

Mills Oakley has lured three new partners to join its commercial disputes and insurance teams from DLA Piper, HopgoodGanim and Holding Redlich.

The corporate regulator has banned a MWL Financial adviser for eight years for recommending clients park the bulk of their superannuation into Keystone's high-risk Shield Master Fund, which has since collapsed.