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3 days ago | 
acuitymag.com | Lachlan Colquhoun |Christopher Niesche
4 min read In brief The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) has released its draft standard for climate-related disclosures. The IPSASB has been receiving submissions from stakeholders on the exposure draft and will consider the feedback later this year in determining how to finalise the standard.
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3 days ago | 
law.com | Christopher Niesche
A third senior Australian regulator has joined private practice amid a broader trend of law firms hiring from regulatory bodies. Michael Hershan, litigation counsel at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), is joining MinterEllison’s dispute resolution practice in Melbourne. He has 15 years experience in regulatory and financial services investigations and litigation and played a leading role in numerous significant investigations and civil penalty proceedings for ASIC.
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3 days ago | 
themandarin.com.au | Christopher Niesche
The headline social services policy Anthony Albanese took into the May election was to provide universal early childhood education. Earlier this year, the Senate passed Labor’s policy of guaranteeing every child three days of subsidised childcare and abolishing the activity test requirements for those three days. The activity test required parents to work or study for at least 16 hours a fortnight to be eligible for subsidised childcare.
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4 days ago | 
themandarin.com.au | Christopher Niesche
Healthcare is set to be a major focus on the Albanese government’s second term, following record budget spending on Medicare, but experts question whether the government’s reform agenda is ambitious enough. Most of the health policies the government took to the election were announced in the March budget.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Christopher Niesche
Insurance-focussed Australian firm Wotton Kearney continues its push into Asia with the opening of an office in Thailand, following its expansion into Singapore last year. Wotton Kearney says the opening of its eleventh office meets the evolving needs of insurers and businesses operating in Asia Pacific.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Christopher Niesche
Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Christopher Niesche
Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Kasvi Sehgal |Christopher Niesche
The first quarter of 2025 has been buzzing with lateral partner movements in Asia Pacific. Going into the second quarter, movements in the region have not subsided. In Hong Kong, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is replenishing its corporate and capital markets team in Greater China. Weeks after its corporate team and partners left for Baker McKenzie in China, the firm has hired former Davis Polk & Wardwell corporate partner Yang Chu in Hong Kong.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Christopher Niesche
Australia’s government, which was reelected Saturday in a national vote conducted in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, is planning to cut back on the use of external consultants and lawyers to save $4.1 billion. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government announced the plan ahead of the weekend’s election, which saw Albanese’s left-leaning Labor government return to power with a record majority.
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1 week ago | 
law.com | Christopher Niesche
Australia’s government, which was reelected Saturday in a national vote conducted in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, is planning to cut back on the use of external consultants and lawyers to save $4.1 billion. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government announced the plan ahead of last weekend’s election, which saw Albanese’s left-leaning Labor government return to power with a record majority.
