With a new Labor gov­ern­ment elect­ed, and the recent Jobs Sum­mit, employ­ment law reform is firm­ly on the agen­da. Will there be a new IR Bill? Do Gig work­ers need addi­tion­al pro­tec­tions? What does a more broad imple­men­ta­tion of the Respect@Work rec­om­men­da­tions mean for your work­place? Will parental leave change? Employ­ment law expert Michael Byrnes will dis­cuss these ques­tions and what else the new gov­ern­ment might have in store to shake up employ­ment rela­tions and cre­ate more jobs. Join us for a round­table lunch at Swaab’s offices mod­er­at­ed by Sales­force Senior Direc­tor of Glob­al Employ­ment Law, Lori Middlehurst.

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Publications

SP6534 v Elkhouri; Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tion SP6534 v Per­pet­u­al Cor­po­rate Trust Ltd [2024] NSW­CA 279 (in Eq. Div) (27 Novem­ber 2024)

Back­ground and PartiesMr. Elkhouri (Elkhouri) owned Lot 11, a pent­house apart­ment in an 11 lot res­i­den­tial stra­ta scheme at Point Piper, Syd­ney. The…

A Frus­trat­ed FWC: Look­ing beyond the Plumber’s Crack”

The recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion (FWC) deci­sion in Antho­ny Davitkov v Wool­worths Group Lim­it­ed [2026] FWC 1655 has attract­ed much mirth…

Aus­tralian Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing AML/CTF Tranche 2 laws are coming

Australia’s Anti-Mon­ey Laun­der­ing and Counter-Ter­ror­ism Financ­ing (AML/CTF) Act is designed to stop ille­gal funds from enter­ing the finan­cial sys­tem. It…

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Press Release | Swaab assists RZ Resources to obtain mile­stone crit­i­cal min­er­als project approval

Locat­ed approx­i­mate­ly 180km south-west of Bro­ken Hill, the project is expect­ed to process up to 27 mil­lion tonnes of mate­r­i­al…

Lawyers Week­ly — Syd­ney firm hosts Ger­man trainee in believed first-of-its-kind placement

Ear­li­er this year we wel­comed trainee lawyer Char­lotte Schnitzen­baumer from Munich-based law firm GvW Graf von West­phalen for a three‑month inter­na­tion­al…

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 19 May 2026 to dis­cuss a recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion case in which the pre­sid­ing mem­ber expressed frus­tra­tion with the influx of unmer­i­to­ri­ous claims to the FWC (17:30)

Michael Byrnes appeared on Mon­ey News with James Willis on 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR on 19 May 2026 to…

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