Australian patent law is grounded in the Patents Act 1990, which provides the statutory regime for granting, enforcing, and limiting patent rights. Under section 18 (1), an invention must be a manner ...

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Despite hyped rhetoric about the “big, beautiful bill,” the legislation has stalled. Its deficit‑blowing ambitions have alarmed fiscal hawks across the aisle. With Musk and others highlighting its ...

OPPOSITION LEADER Peter Dutton ’s call for nuclear power, made as part of his Budget reply speech, should not be taken too seriously. In its nine years in office, the L-NP took no steps to promote ...

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The earliest that any regulatory change might be made would be November 2025, and that would not affect applications already lodged (both the backlog at DHA and at the A.R.T.). It would also take 6-9 ...