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Welcome to Corporate Matters, your online resource for all things Corporate & Commercial.

On this page you will find our latest thinking in the form of alerts, publications, articles, opinions and podcasts.  With our insights all in the one place, we aim to make it as easy as possible to find what you are looking for to support you in how you do business every day. 

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26 August 2025 | Understanding the moving target for changes to superannuation

The Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023 has attracted extensive media attention and sparked widespread debate in the industry and community. So what is it exactly and what is the current status of the Bill?
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20 August 2025 | Why 31 March 2026 is a critical deadline – even if your organisation already has an AML program

The first part of the series explores risk and governance issues for Tranche 1 entities, with part two to follow on customer identification and verification.
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19 August 2025 | Financial Services, Funds and Superannuation legal update - July 2025

This month's developments highlight the ongoing efforts among Australia's financial regulators to reinforce system stability, improve consumer protections, and address emerging risks.
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19 August 2025 | Filtering the frivolous: NT adds serious harm threshold to its Defamation Act

The 'serious harm' threshold has been adopted into the Defamation Act 2006 (NT).
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25 July 2025 | Rethinking Trusts in Queensland. Key reforms under the 2025 Act.

The Trusts Act 2025 (Qld), assented to in May 2025, will commence on a date yet to be fixed by proclamation and will replace the Trusts Act 1973 (Qld).
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25 June 2025 | Sparke Bytes - June 2025

Welcome to our third edition of Sparke Bytes, a quarterly publication exploring the latest developments in technology, privacy, AI, and cyber.
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04 June 2025 | Stephen Putnins joins Sparke Helmore's Corporate & Commercial team

We are pleased to announce that Stephen Putnins has joined our Corporate & Commercial team as a Partner.
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09 May 2025 | Unreasonable director-related transactions for the benefit of a director

In this update, we explore a decision that is significant for liquidators considering claims for unreasonable director-related transactions when such transactions are said to be 'for the benefit of the director'.

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