Alice Brennan

Jul 17, 2024 | lexology.com | Anna Lewis-Martinez |Carole Schmidt |Alice Brennan

On 5 July, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a statement on the application of the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCAR) to issuers of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) and e-money tokens (EMTs), along with a document setting out the key topics for supervisory attention across the EU for issuers of ARTs/EMTs in 2024/2025. Both documents aim to promote the timely and consistent application of MiCAR. The MiCAR ART/EMT regime has applied since 30 June 2024.

May 27, 2024 | lexology.com | Claire Smith |Alice Brennan |Darcy Bradley

The Federal Government's new Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Policy (ESPP) promotes circular economy goals by imposing new sustainability standards on companies bidding for Federal Government contracts, particularly in relation to the use of recycled products. The Federal Government has launched Australia's first national Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Policy (ESPP) applying to procurements of construction services, textiles, ICT goods and furniture, fittings and equipment.

Sep 21, 2023 | claytonutz.com | Claire Smith |Alice Brennan

21 Sep 2023Time to read: 4 MINThe Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures' new global framework is for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities, after two years of development and market consultation. The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) arose from an urgent need to recognise that nature underpins the global economy and that our economies are embedded within nature, not external to it.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Hagar Cohen |Benjamin Sveen |Ingrid Wagner |Leila Shunnar |David Lewis |Ali Russell | +1 more

JACKI WHITTAKER: Maybe shut the door. I've got an acute sense of smell, but to me it smells like a cat has pissed in this room at some stage. ALICE BRENNAN: Jacki Whittaker's home is an old weatherboard house in Melbourne's outer east. It's as clean as it gets. A cat didn't piss in her son's bedroom. It's just that cat piss smells a lot like the odour left from cooking methamphetamine, and the tenant who lived here before her was cooking meth all over the house.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Geoff Thompson |Alice Brennan |Tim Roxburgh |Benjamin Sveen |Ingrid Wagner |Gina McKeon | +2 more

Even after the black summer Australians have just endured, it's not bushfires that's keeping the nation's insurers awake at night. Climate change is bringing cyclones further south - towards highly populated areas like Brisbane, the Gold Coast and northern NSW. Insurers are warning that unless the Federal Government takes drastic action, parts of the country may even become uninsurable. And as Geoff Thompson discovers, it's not some threat on the horizon - the conditions are already here.