25 Jan Should the ABC intervene in the Australia Day Debate? Vaccine approved. Senator Paterson on Sky
Should the ABC intervene in the Australia Day Debate? Vaccine approved. Senator Paterson on Sky...
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20 Jan Senator Paterson on ABC Radio News: Foreign policy is not Albo’s strong suit.
Senator Paterson on ABC Radio News: Foreign policy is not Albo's strong suit....
16 Jan China trolls vendetta against journo exposing opression
Ellen Whinnett - The Daily Telegraph - Saturday 16 Jan 2021 Exclusive: Chinese government proxies are believed to be behind a disgusting cyber attack launched against Canberra journalist and researcher Vicky Xu. The keyboard cowards put together a series of videos making defamatory and highly-personal claims about Ms...
15 Jan Should ASIC be led by a lawyer or by an economist?
John Kehoe - The Australian Financial Review - Friday 15 January 2021 As Josh Frydenberg ponders the corporate regulator's future leadership personnel and structure, a big question hanging over the Treasurer is whether a lawyer or an economist should lead the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Lawyers...
08 Jan A return to sanity for disclosure class actions
Chris Merritt - The Australian - 08 January 2021 John Howard will not be happy about this. But the unforeseen consequences of a decision taken by his government have helped divert millions of dollars from the business community into the coffers of one of the Labor...
01 Jan Freeze on contingency fees in Senate crackdown
Chris Merritt - The Australian - Friday 01 January 2021 It’s almost possible to feel a twinge of sympathy for the titans of Melbourne’s class action industry. For one glorious year it must have looked as though all their Christmases had come at once. At the...
22 Dec Tougher regulation to target ‘smorgasbord’ class action industry
Charlotte Grieve - Sydney Morning Herald - Tuesday 22 December 2020 A federal committee tasked with probing litigation funders has recommended tough new regulations for class actions, including a crackdown on fees and new laws to stamp out competing claims. The financial services committee headed by Liberal...
22 Dec Crackdowns on litigation funders’ unfair takings
Adeshola Ore - The Australian - Tuesday 22 December 2020 Ligation funders would be forced to return a minimum of 70 per cent of proceeds from a case to class action participants, under reforms proposed by government MPs. The Morrison government’s crackdown on litigation funders this year...
22 Dec Paterson in line for top security job
Ben Packham - The Australian - 22 December 2020 Victorian Liberal senator James Paterson has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Andrew Hastie as chairman of the parliament's powerful intelligence and security committee. Senator Paterson is understood to have the support of Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton...
22 Dec Litigation funding rules set for revamp
Ronald Mizen - Australian Financial Review - Tuesday 22 December 2020 A government plan to give company directors a permanent reprieve on continuous disclosure obligations has been given a tick of approval by a parliamentary committee investigating litigation funders. The committee's final report released on Monday was...