Policy and Regulation

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.

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.

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.

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.

In announcing the establishment of a federal AI office, prime minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday warned artificial intelligence companies that Australia's creative work was not "up for grabs".

New national standards for artificial intelligence will set out "clear rules" for large data centres, prime minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday, including where they are built and how they are powered.

Car makers Tesla and Hyundai have argued NSW's law imposing a road-user charge on electric vehicles may be invalid following a High Court decision which struck down Victoria's EV tax as an invalid excise, while urging the state government not to introduce any new road charges.

The Boroondara City Council has sued over a James Packer-backed residential development slated for construction in the heart of Kew Junction, alleging the planning minister wrongly accepted that adjoining land could be utilised in the development. 

Victorian businesses are seeing red over the state government's proposed law to allow employees to work from home two days a week and make employers cover the reasonable costs of the arrangement.