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The Allan Government has unveiled plans that would make it easier to sue AI and social media companies over harms to children, while also announcing a crackdown on the use of AI and employee surveillance in the workplace.

Australian private equity firm Next Capital has inked a deal to acquire Fujitsu's Australian data centre business, which includes premium facilities in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

The federal government plans to introduce a digital duty of care for artificial intelligence companies as part of five AI safety priories that form part of its national strategy to regulate the new technology. 

The Property Council has called on the federal government to abandon proposed discretionary trust tax changes, arguing the reforms would undermine efforts to meet Australia's 2029 housing targets.

Software start-up Dovetail has resolved a lawsuit by its legal counsel the accused the boss of sexually assaulting her during a coercive relationship and claimed the head of HR failed to support her.

Energy infrastructure company APA Group has won the Australian Energy Regulator's approval for a proposed $213 million expansion of Victoria's South West pipeline, which will help address projected peak-day gas shortfalls from 2029.

The number of new class actions this year is on track to be the lowest in 10 years as plaintiff firms wait to see which way the High Court will lean in a crucial shareholder case and funders redeploy capital to nascent class action jurisdictions.

Twelve cases brought by Labor politician Eddie Obeid and his family against the tax office are back on track after they were stayed in 2017 pending the outcome of a criminal prosecution against Obeid and his son Moses.

A new criminal offence against companies that fail to address modern slavery by suppliers is on the table as part of reforms by the Albanese government to strengthen forced labour laws.

Class action settlements are off to a sluggish start in 2026, with only two mega-settlements of $100 million or more reached and the country's leading plaintiff law firm yet to get on the board.