Regulation

The head of the corporate regulator criticised several aspects of the ASX's response and described the incident overall as “extremely concerning”.

The Australian arm of UK neobank Revolut has been growing strongly. Now, the company is eyeing a local banking licence for its next evolution.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency was officially created on Monday. Gilmour Space Technologies founder Adam Gilmour says Australia should get one too.

Deregulation in Trump's first term contributed to bank collapses. Will the new administration's zeal heighten financial sector risk? And what does his return mean for private credit and crypto?

The corporate regulator's action against Sanlam Private Wealth over its compliance practices has exposed the risks associated with "licence for hire" firms.

Australia’s first commercial spacecraft reentry is set to land in weeks, in a sign of the country's regulatory and geographic advantages.

Requirements for companies to proactively prevent sexual harassment and sex discrimination are untested in the courts. Lawyers say that’s a problem.

Australian law firms are preparing for ASIC's review of private markets by looking at what regulators have done overseas.

Software company Oracle is continuing its effort to pause a local court battle with the Commissioner of Taxation, with implications for other companies with cross-border software distribution arrangements.

If the first full week of 2025 is anything to go by, expect a year of fractured politics, social media mischief and... well, who knows what else?

Uber’s NSW payroll tax dispute and the first Fair Work Act application under new gig economy provisions could reignite Australia’s regulatory debate in 2025.

The election watchdog says it will monitor changes to social media platforms following Meta's decision to end third-party fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US.

TikTok has a final shot at preventing a US ban after the Supreme Court agreed to consider its case. Millions of young Americans, Donald Trump and the Australian government will be watching closely.

AMP’s Bitcoin investment is a boost for the crypto industry, but the move sits in regulatory grey areas — even as other super funds consider following suit.

The lobby group for independent publishers has thrown its support behind Labor's new tech levy, but TikTok has hit out at the policy, while LinkedIn owner Microsoft is still silent.

Australia's second attempt to force tech giants to pay for news might just work, observers say, but there are also risks.

Labor has revealed its plan to force tech giants to provide funding for Australia's news industry. While the big media companies are upbeat, many questions remain.

Labor’s new policy will push tech giants to fund Australian news publishers through offsets and penalties, as an evolution of the Morrison-era media bargaining code.

Australian law firms are taking different paths to address slow and untested regulation in the country's growing space industry.

An announcement on the future of the news media bargaining code is expected on Thursday afternoon after months of policy debate.

Class actions and new competition laws could challenge Google's ad tech and app store business models, but the tech giant still has some cards to play.

ASIC's eagerly awaited guidance note on digital assets provides helpful direction but not 100% certainty on what will and won't be regulated.

As debanking has become a major topic in US crypto circles, prominent investor Mark Carnegie told Capital Brief he too has had accounts closed by major Australian banks.

In the latest of multiple reviews of payments and surcharging in Australia, industry seems to have only one view in common: it's a mess.

App stores and ad tech are the first targets of a new digital competition policy, with the Albanese government set to unveil the framework on Monday.