3 Oct 2011 - Australia Wakes Up with Personal Property Securities Reform

The new Personal Property and Securities Act 2009 (Cth) is due to commence in February 2012. The Act will bring about significant changes to the regulation of personal property securities across Australia by way of a collective referral of power to the Commonwealth by the States and Territories.

20 Jul 2011 - The Nation Unites to Promote Fair Trading and Consumer Protection

On 1 January 2011, the long-standing and well-known Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) was renamed the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth). With the new moniker came sweeping improvements to Australian fair trading and consumer protection legislation, now unified by intergovernmental agreement of the States and the Territories into a single national law called the Australian Consumer Law.