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Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... and Amanda Stoker. Katy Gallagher was also sworn in this morning as finance minister, minister for women and attorney general. Also sworn in today were Richard Marles was deputy prime minister and Penny Wong as foreign affairs minister. Marles has yet ...

Australian Unity Trustees adds lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... wellbeing company and trusted mutual, Australian Unity Trustees is the ideal partner to deliver trust management, financial attorney and administration services to the clients of Australia's personal injury and succession law firms," Madsen said. "Angela's ...

Class action consultation opens

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... to Australia's continuous disclosure rules and will consult on the remaining recommendations. Frydenberg and attorney general Michaelia Cash will focus on Recommendation 20 which proposes a guaranteed minimum rate of return for class action members. ...

Granny flat tax exemption to become law

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... in 2019 and consulted with stakeholders including Department of Social Services, Department of Human Services and the Attorney-General's Department. Formal and legally enforceable family agreements were identified as a measure to prevent elder abuse ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... for industry, science and technology Karen Andrews is the new home affairs minister. Assistant minister to the attorney general Amanda Stoker took on the additional roles of assistant ministers to the industrial relations minister and minister for women. ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... massive Ponzi scheme in 2008 and was subsequently sentenced to 150 years in prison. His passing was confirmed by his attorney, Brandon Sample, who had been petitioning for Madoff's release on compassionate grounds due to his terminal kidney failure. ...

HESTA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... is chaired by Nicola Roxon, a former minister for health and ageing, and the first woman in Australia to be appointed Attorney-General.

Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... declaratory orders against TAL because of the absence of a "matter" in Constitutional terms. TAL's lawyers sent notices to Attorney-Generals (Commonwealth and state) under s 78B of the Judiciary Act giving them 35 days to express their opinion. Attorney-generals ...

Venture capital firm in data breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... seriously and will continue to monitor the matter". In a data breach notice sent to California's Office of the Attorney General, Sequoia Capital wrote how it discovered that an unauthorised third party had gained remote access, around 20 January ...

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... Elizabeth Hampton. The OAIC is the national regulator for privacy and freedom of information that sits in the Attorney General's portfolio.