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EPBC Act reforms imminent: Setting the scene for major changes
For the second year in a row, environmental reforms are at the top of the national legislative agenda.
The 2019 edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Takeovers in Australia guide explores the opportunities and issues affecting regulated M&A in Australia today.
Author John Elliott covers:
- basic Australian takeovers concepts and thresholds
- the approaches available for acquirers, including on-market and off-market takeover bids and schemes of arrangements
- alternative structures
- competition issues, and
- foreign investment regulations, which have been the subject of recent reforms.
Australian takeovers legislation applies to takeovers of companies or other bodies corporate which are registered in Australia and are either listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) or certain other Australian markets, or have at least 50 shareholders. The takeovers law also applies to all listed Australian-registered managed investment schemes.
We hope you find our Takeovers in Australia publication useful. For further information about this topic, please contact the authors or one of the other members of our Public M&A team (below).
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It passed! Unpacking the key changes arising from the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2025
A range of significant reforms to NSW’s key environmental laws has just been passed by the NSW Parliament, and our responses to the FAQ’s about the Environmental Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (the Amendment Act) are set out below:
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Promoting investment in Western Australia: An overview of the State Development Bill
The State Development Bill 2025 (WA) (the Bill) proposes to provide the State Development Minister (currently the Hon Roger Cook MLA, Premier) and the Coordinator General (CG) (an existing office with a new statutory role) with a range of powers to coordinate and fast-track approvals for strategically important developments, all with the aim of securing investment in areas the WA Government considers are key to WA’s future. If passed, the key reforms in the Bill will come into force on a date to be proclaimed.
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