Meta & Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code

On 29 February 2024 Meta announced it would turn off Facebook News on its ubiquitous social media si...

A refresher on Australia’s whistleblower laws

This article will assist with a refresher on the whistleblower requirements of the Corporations Act ...

Evolution in Australian competition and consumer protection law

On the 50th anniversary of the commencement of federal regulation of competition and consumer law in...

The future of Australia’s world leading news media bargaining code

Just before Christmas 2023 the Australian Government released its response to Treasury’s 2022 revi...

Quay Regulatory Update for October 2023

A round up of key Australian regulatory actions during October 2023 (and the early days of November ...

The impact of Australia’s privacy related laws on employment relationships: Employee surveillance

A key issue that employers are often interested in, particularly in the current times where more emp...

A step closer to privacy law reform: The Australian Government responds to the Privacy Act Review Report

The Privacy Act Review Report was released for public consultation by the Attorney-General’s Depar...

Proposed expansion of Australia’s Digital ID system

The Australian Government has commenced consultation on draft legislation for a Digital ID system ab...

Quay Regulatory Update for September 2023

A round up of key Australian regulatory actions during September 2023

Australian Government commences consultation on unfair trading practices prohibition

On 31 August 2023, the Australian Government commenced consultation on proposed amendments to the Co...

Quay Regulatory Update for August 2023

A round up of key Australian regulatory actions during August 2023

Australian Treasury’s 2-year Competition Taskforce kicks off to tackle productivity gains

On 23 August 2023, the Australian Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers MP and the Assistant Minister for Compe...

Are Australia’s intellectual property laws up to the task in a world of generative AI?

In a recent speech, the Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, spoke of how gover...

ACCC issues draft guidance to assist businesses in relation to compliance and to protect consumers from “greenwashing”

On 14 July 2023, the ACCC issued draft guidance to seek to improve compliance by businesses with obl...

Telecoms & Media 2023

We are very pleased to have contributed the Australian Chapter to Lexology’s Getting the Deal Thro...

Merger authorisations and public benefits in Australia after the Telstra/TPG Tribunal determination

In July 2023 the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission published a letter sent to the merger ...

The Australian Government’s proposals to combat mis- and disinformation: Are they enough to address the world of generative AI?

On 25 June 2023, the Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland commenced a consultation process ...

Canstralia: What Australia can learn from Canada’s regulation of digital platforms

Australia and Canada have many similarities, including in their approaches to the regulation of digi...

Australian Government commences consultation on the appropriate governance framework for AI

On 1 June 2023 the Australian Minister for Industry and Science the Hon Ed Husic MP announced that t...

Unfair contract terms – a reminder to review and update standard form contracts before new laws and penalties take effect in November 2023

New laws for the imposition of penalties for unfair contract terms come into effect on 10 November 2...

Opportunity for merger process reform in Australia to improve transparency and certainty in timelines

This Quay Insight considers reforms that may increase merger process transparency and also looks at ...

Antitrust and Artificial Intelligence in Australia: Using third party data

Antitrust has for many years being cognisant of possible antitrust issues arising from the use of al...