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The Office of the Planning Regulator dealt with five complaints from Kerry last year.It was revealed in the annual report of the regulator, which is the State’s...

Reserve Bank of Australia At its meeting on 21 May, the Payments System Board approved a consultation on a proposed package of policy actions related to the Bank’s retail payments regulation. The Bank has today released aConsultation Paper setting out the proposed policy actions, together with draft variations to the standards for card payment systems. This follows extensive stakeholder consultation by the Bank on the matters raised in the Issues Paper for the review, whi...

Search The Federal Government is calling for industry input to a new national strategic airspace policy paper. (Department of Infrastructure and Transport) Close× Federal Government seeks Input to National Airspace Policy 27 May 2021 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport an Regional Development Michael McCormack today released an issues paper on a national airspace policy, calling for the aviation community to provide feedback. The issues paper is part of a program ...

Published March 17, 2021, 3:50 PM The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is soliciting inputs from industry stakeholders on the targeted modification of the tariff-setting scheme that will be enforced to power distribution utilities on the rates that they will pass on to consumers. The regulatory body is currently reviewing the performance-based rate setting (PBR) scheme for DUs, such as that of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other private power utilities as well as electric cooperatives...

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February 1, 2021 For the third consecutive year, following the publication of Gibson Dunn’s ninth annual U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review on Data Privacy Day, we offer this separate International Outlook and Review. Like many recent years, 2020 saw significant developments in the evolution of the data protection and cybersecurity landscape in the European Union (“ EU”): CJEU” or “ Court”) struck down as legally invalid the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, on which some ...

14 Dec 2020 The federal government has extended key assistance measures to support domestic aviation, as well as announcing the appointment of an expert advisory panel, as the sector continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack announced today that the Domestic Aviation Network Support (DANS) program, which had been due to end on ...

Foreign Relations Bill set to increase federal government oversight of state and territory arrangements Last week, Australias Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 ( Bill) passed both houses, bringing state and territory government arrangements with foreign territories within the domain of federal government oversight. The Bill is intended to ensure consistency between state and territory arrangements and the broader national interest by allowing the federal government ...