Australia’s consumer law framework and its watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), rarely draw praise. As is the case with many other areas of regulation, if the laws and the regulator are meeting their objectives, then there is little or no public commentary. However, if there are challenges, the public outcry can, at…
(8 May 2016) Election date confirmed as 2 July, campaign is now officially underway The Prime Minister, Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, has made a rain-soaked journey through Canberra’s inner-southern suburbs to Government House at Yarralumla to make a formal request to the Governor-General for a double-dissolution election on Saturday, 2 July. Mr Turnbull is aiming…
One of the most intriguing aspects of this year’s federal election will be how much of an impact the new political party which is being led by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon will have. The “Nick Xenophon Team” (NXT) was launched in December 2014, but it’s only in the past three months that its…