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Fixed Quotes
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We provide clients with fixed quotes for providing high quality legal services within their budget.
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Highly Responsive
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We are highly responsive lawyers who provide legal services to meet clients' requirements.
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Expert Legal Advice
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We provide clients with clear, practical, expert legal advice to achieve their goals.
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Highest Service Levels
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We meet the highest service levels in providing legal services to clients.
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Minimise Costs
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We seek to minimise clients' legal, regulatory and commercial risks and costs.
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10 June 2021 - Digital Transformation Agency Releases Digital Identity Position PaperThe Digital Transformation Agency released a Digital Identity Position Paper seeking feedback on the development of legislation to establish a whole-of-economy Digital Identity system for use by federal, state, territory and local governments as well as the private sector, and which will enable Australians to prove who they are online, support Australians transacting end-to-end digitally and allow innovative digital sectors to flourish.
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28 May 2021 - Official Trade Marks Journal ReplacedIP Australia has decided to cease the daily publication of the Australian Official Journal of Trade Marks in which the Registrar currently advertises the outcomes, actions and status of trade mark applications under the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) on the basis that all such information is published and searchable using the Australian Trade Mark Search database which will now function as the Official Journal.
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16 April 2021 - Federal Court Finds Google Misled Consumers About Location Data CollectionThe Federal Court found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd misled Android mobile device users by misrepresenting that the "Location History" setting was the only Google Account setting that affected Google's collection and use of their location data when another setting "Web & App Activity" that was turned on by default also affected Google's collection and use of their location data.
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1 March 2021 - Improving the Carriers' Telecommunications Powers and Immunities Framework Consultation Outcomes PaperThe Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications released a consultation outcomes paper containing proposals to improve the carrier powers and immunities framework which involve amendments to the Telecommunications Code of Practice 2018 and Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 2018 relating to safety conditions, engineering certificates, cancelled activities, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman referral, antennae length, radiocommunications dish diameter, tower extension and facility co-location volume respectively.
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23 February 2021 - Information Commissioner Publishes Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Privacy GuidanceThe Office of the Australian Information Commissioner published coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination guidance for organisations covered by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) advising that employers will only be able to collect employees' vaccination status information in very limited circumstances where the employee consents and the collection is reasonably necessary unless an exception applies, only the minimum information necessary to maintain a safe workplace should be collected, employees must be advised how their information will be handled, the information should only be used and disclosed on a "need-to-know" basis, and reasonable steps should be taken to keep the information secure.
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20 January 2021 - ACMA Finds Kogan Breaches Spam ActThe Australian Communications and Media Authority issued Kogan Australia Pty Ltd with an infringement notice for $310,800 and accepted a three year court-enforceable undertaking from it for breaches of the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) involving sending 42 million marketing emails to consumers without a functional unsubscribe facility which required that they take additional steps of setting a password and logging into a Kogan account to unsubscribe.
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