For many Australians, egg donation in South Africa has long been an attractive fertility option. The medical standards are high, the costs can be significantly lower than comparable treatment in Australia, and there has historically been a greater availability of
Partners Behaving Badly: A Working List of Referral Sins
By Sue-Ella Prodonovich | August 2026Key takeaways• An internal referral is a bonus, not an entitlement. Your colleague lends you their standing and expects it back intact.• Colleagues judge how you’ll treat their client by watching how you treat them.•
Referrals Run On Borrowed Trust: Eight Questions Your Colleagues Ask Before They Refer You
By Sue-Ella Prodonovich | August 2026Key takeaways• An internal referral is a bonus, not an entitlement. Your colleague lends you their standing and expects it back intact.• Colleagues judge how you’ll treat their client by watching how you treat them.•
Amnesty International calls for children to be included in youth digital rights regulatory processes
Amnesty International reported on Monday that international failure to ensure children’s online safety from Big Tech harms is connected to a lack of youth perspectives in policy-making spaces. Classifying existing solutions as performative, the organization pointed out that increasing surveillance,
Understanding Detriment in Proprietary Estoppel: Pérez de la Sala v Pérez de la Sala [2026] NSWCA 160
Perez de la Sala v Pérez de la Sala (No 5) [2026] NSWSC 556 concerned an application by Maria-Christina Pérez de la Sala (the plaintiff) for leave to amend her statement of claim to replead a proprietary estoppel claim previously
Cash Distribution Regulation Australia
The Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026 has been passed by both Houses of Parliament and is awaiting Royal Assent.UPDATE: The Act received Royal Assent on 26 August 2026.The bill establishes a framework to regulate cash distribution services in Australia, including
Case note: monitoring financial service promises
In In the matter of Fiducian Investment Management Services Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 959 the Supreme Court of NSW declared that Fiducian Investment Management Services Limited (FIMS), contravened section 12DF of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act (ASIC Act)
AFCA publishes new Approach papers
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has published two new Approach papers for insurance complaints and updated another one, setting out how it assesses compensation for non-financial loss.AFCA’s Approach to general insurance claims handling provides practical insight into how AFCA
Uncontactable members
ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2026/675 has repealed ASIC Corporations (Uncontactable Members) Instrument 2016/187 as the relief contained in that instrument is no longer required, given changes to the Corporations Act 2001 introduced by the Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising
Sustainability reporting changes
The Australian Government is consulting on changes to improve the efficiency of climate-related financial disclosures (“sustainability reporting”).Reforms announced in the Budget 2026-27 include raising the monetary thresholds prescribed for determining whether a proprietary company is ‘large’:to $100 million revenue (from