Insights for September 2026

01/09/2026 - Beefed-up officer due diligence included in Victoria's OHS overhaul 01/09/2026 - Expanded safety powers for health and safety representatives in Victoria 02/09/2026 - New National Environmental Standards for Offsets, Community Engagement and Data 02/09/2026 - The Next Wave of Australian Privacy Reform: Key Proposals in the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2026 03/09/2026 - Environment and Sustainable Development 5 Minute Fix 61: NSW data centre framework, QLD review of its Financial Provisioning Scheme, ACT new climate change strategy 03/09/2026 - Drilling Into Misuse of Market Power: Novel case scrutinises Bunnings' plans for expansion 07/09/2026 - Subscription traps under the spotlight: Federal Court finds eHarmony misled consumers on pricing, auto-renewal and cancellation 08/09/2026 - Learned Friend or just a Large Language Model? The Rise of Generative AI in Australian Litigation 09/09/2026 - Royalty Withholding Tax on Software: The ATO Finalises TR 2026/2 14/09/2026 - Domestic Gas Reservation Scheme: exposure draft legislation released 15/09/2026 - Would you like AI with that? Lessons from Rogers v McDonald's Australia Ltd (AI-use) [2026] FCA 1264 17/09/2026 - No hiding in plain text: the EU AI Act's transparency rules are now in force 21/09/2026 - Safe by design: unpacking Australia’s proposed digital duty of care for online services 24/09/2026 - No-poach and wage-fixing agreements: Australia's proposed new cartel offences 28/09/2026 - Time to prepare: Europe’s product liability changes and what they mean for Australian manufacturers 29/09/2026 - Key reforms to Queensland's mining lease objections process 29/09/2026 - Regulation of data centres and AI training: the Commonwealth asks the hard questions