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Immigration Law

18 September 2026

Australia's Migration Overhaul: Student, Visitor, Working Holiday and Skilled Visas All Move

Eleven changes from Tony Burke's 17 September National Press Club address, sorted by visa type: student and graduate family restrictions, working holiday ballots, a No Further Stay condition on visitor visas, a redesigned points test and tighter compliance.

Commercial Litigation

4 September 2026

The Non-Compete Ban We Were Promised: Where It's Got To

In March 2025 the Budget promised that from 2027 non-compete clauses would be banned for most employees. Eighteen months on the consultation has closed, no bill has been introduced, and the clause in your contract still binds you. Here is what was promised, where it stalled, and how employers and employees should draft and negotiate now.

Family Law

28 August 2026

Trapped by a Lease as Well? NSW's New Rules Start 21 September

From 21 September 2026, NSW's domestic violence rental reforms make it easier and safer for victim-survivors to end a tenancy, and give landlords and agents a new 7-day notification duty.

Immigration Law

25 August 2026

NT Has Opened. When Is NSW's Turn?

The new program year's state nomination doors are opening one by one: the Northern Territory opened last Friday, while the NSW website still shows a closure notice.

Commercial Litigation

21 August 2026

The Bankruptcy Reforms We Were Promised, Two Years On

In July 2024 the government promised four bankruptcy reforms: a $20,000 threshold, 28 days to respond, a 7-year NPII listing, and debt agreements no longer an act of bankruptcy. Two years on, none has commenced. Here is where each one stalled and what creditors and debtors should plan around today.