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ANZ is the last of the big four banks to offer an alternative day off as cultural awareness experts flag growing interest in Indigenous issues post-referendum.

Flat demand and apprehensiveness about an intense overseas working culture is spelling an end to the post-pandemic exodus of Australian lawyers.

Lander & Rogers and Hicksons are leading the trend of more female partners, but firms including Arnold Bloch Leibler and Thomson Geer are behind the curve.

Fewer than half of Australia’s largest legal partnerships have grown in the last six months, as a flat legal market begins to take hold across the sector.

Law firms tell The Australian Financial Review Law Partnership Survey that they are facing a “tougher operating environment”.

The end of the billable hour could be heralded with the arrival of AI tools like ChatGPT according to this legal leader in Australia

ChatGPT: Minter Ellison boss tips end of billable hour

Australian businesses are trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions through carbon credit projects that promise to save rainforests. The reality on the ground is nothing like the glossy marketing.

The time-based billing model has come under significant scrutiny in recent years, and now, with the emergence of technologies like ChatGPT, billables are at further risk. The rise of ChatGPT, and no

Australia’s leading law firms want their staff to embrace ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools.