Only KPMG can lift privilege on its lawyers’ advice, inquiry told
Two law firms have told a Parliamentary committee investigating KPMG that the privilege over their advice to KPMG belongs to the accounting firm alone.
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Genetic testing results now protected from life insurers, new laws widely welcomed
On 1 April, legislation passed Parliament that bans life insurers from using genetic testing results to deny or restrict life insurance cover.
Understanding the federal government’s proposed hate speech laws
The impact on free speech of a proposed suite of Commonwealth legislative amendments to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism, is being widely debated.