Committee to examine NSW worker safety reforms
12 May 2025
The NSW government has referred its plans for worker health and safety law reforms to a parliamentary inquiry...
Regulatory & Government
NZ minister hails completion of key flood defences
12 May 2025
The New Zealand government says spillway infrastructure that opened at the weekend in Edgecumbe represents one of the country’s largest completed flood resilience projects of recent times...
NSW police convoy marks ‘100 years of road safety’
12 May 2025
The NSW Police Force is celebrating 100 years since the establishment of its Public Safety Bureau to help oversee road rules...
‘Deaths cannot be ignored’: Queensland probes e-scooter safety
05 May 2025
Queensland will hold a parliamentary inquiry into the use of electric scooters and bikes, to address safety concerns as Brisbane prepares to host the Olympics...
Fake surveyor fined for ‘flagrant attack’ on laws
05 May 2025
A fraudster who pretended to be a registered building surveyor has been ordered to pay a $60,000 penalty and $20,000 in costs for “flagrant” breaches of construction laws...
Proudfoot becomes consumer watchdog CEO
05 May 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says Sarah Proudfoot has been appointed CEO after holding the role on an acting basis since February...
NSW, ACT join forces on weather warnings
05 May 2025
The NSW State Emergency Service will issue ACT severe weather warnings under an agreement with the territory’s Emergency Services Agency, to ensure consistent cross-border messaging...
ICA wants advice statement exemption in reforms
05 May 2025
The Insurance Council of Australia has urged Treasury to include in its draft advice bill a provision in relation to statement of advice exemption for general insurance products...
Scouts ACT calls for public insurance option
28 April 2025
A government-backed insurance scheme should be established in the Australian Capital Territory to provide affordable cover to community organisations, says Scouts ACT, as insurance costs reach a quarter of its operational budget...
Director fined over invalid home indemnity insurance
28 April 2025
A WA director who misused his father’s building contractor credentials has been fined $20,000 after pleading guilty to several offences, including invalid home indemnity insurance...
UK regulator to open Australia office in July
28 April 2025
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority is setting up an office in Australia in July to oversee its activities in the Asia Pacific region as part of a new strategy to support UK financial services firms...
Queensland names building regulator chair, CEO
28 April 2025
The Queensland government has appointed a new leadership team to overhaul the state building regulator...
NSW festivals offered grants ‘lifeline’
28 April 2025
The NSW Government will provide more than $2.25 million in emergency funding to help support five music festivals held across the state under the first round of payments from the Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund...
Disaster risk taskforce’s advice awaits next government
14 April 2025
Advice from the Insurance Affordability and Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Taskforce will be a matter for the winner of next month’s federal election...
Court raises fine for ‘completely preventable’ workplace death
14 April 2025
A fine imposed under workplace manslaughter laws after a 25-year-old subcontractor died in a forklift accident has been more than doubled on appeal...
Breach reporting overhaul to make companies ‘lift their game’
14 April 2025
The corporate regulator says its company-level breach and complaints “dashboards” will increase transparency, drive improved performance and help deliver better outcomes...
IAG, Allianz motor club deals face decision delay
14 April 2025
A decision on the proposed acquisitions of RACQ and RAA’s insurance underwriting operations will come later than expected...
IAG NZ ‘acknowledges wrongdoing’ as FMA acts on pricing breaches
07 April 2025
IAG New Zealand will not challenge court action brought by the Financial Markets Authority over failures to correctly price premiums and properly advertise and apply discounts...
Unqualified, uninsured roofer fined
07 April 2025
A roofer who carried out work without the required insurance and despite not being licensed or qualified to do so has been fined $60,000...
Queensland holds WorkCover rates
07 April 2025
The Queensland government says it will freeze WorkCover premiums for the next financial year...