Specialty Group: Governmental Relations

The Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets) Act 2024 (Cth) (SAMS Act) commenced on 6 May 2024 and is aimed at ensuring Australia’s military secrets are not passed on to foreign militaries Overv ...

On 29 February 2024, the Australian Government released its Defence Industry Development Strategy (Strategy). Introduction The Strategy identifies areas of reform needed to ‘deliver a more capable, innovative, resili ...

As the AUKUS alliance gains momentum, Australia continues to take steps to facilitate acquiring nuclear-powered, conventionally armed submarines. Introduction On 14 March 2023, Australia, the United States and the Unit ...

In September 2023, the Federal Government set out its in-principle approach to reforming Australia’s privacy law by releasing its response to the Privacy Act Review Report recommendations. In February 2023, the Attorn ...