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SoCI Act 2.0: Sweeping reforms proposed to Australia's critical infrastructure framework
The Federal Government has released a Consultation Paper proposing the most significant reforms to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) since its introduction. We examine the key reforms, their potential impact on regulated entities and why organisations should engage. ...
Automated decision-making transparency—what APP entities need to know about the APP 1 amendments
From 10 December, organisations will be required, under new Australian Privacy Principles (the APPs) 1.7–1.9, to include information about automated decision-making (ADM) in their privacy p ...
AFR AI Summit 2026
As a major sponsor of the AFR AI Summit 2026, Allens supported a timely discussion on AI moving from experimentation to delivering real, measurable business value. The summit explored how organis ...
Allens advises Canva on strategic AI acquisitions
The acquisitions, completed between June 2025 and April 2026, include: Simtheory (April 2026), an AI‑driven workspace and collaboration platform for the development of custom agents; Ortto (April ...
Board and management briefing: preparing for Mythos-class threats
Anthropic recently announced Claude Mythos Preview, an AI model that it says can autonomously find and exploit previously unknown security vulnerabilities 'in every major operating system and web brow ...
How algorithmic trading and AI are reshaping disclosure risk
Australia’s continuous disclosure regime—grounded in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and operationalised through the ASX Listing Rules—was designed for a different market to the one ...
Same rules, smarter tools: what the TGA’s AI guidance means for AI and medical devices
AI adoption in healthcare is accelerating, with tools now influencing everything from administrative efficiency to clinical decision making. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has updated its ...
2024 regulatory enforcement trends and what they mean for the year ahead
Throughout 2024, regulatory enforcement risk in Australia was significantly influenced by ESG factors, along with issues relating to cyber, data and privacy. Notable regulatory developments occurred in these areas. ...
The Allens AI Australian law benchmark
To cut through the hype and provide concrete insights, Allens has established an ongoing benchmarking process in consultation with Linklaters LLP. This allows us to systematically evaluate and track the progress of generative AI in answering legal questions under Australian law over time. ...