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Business Law and Taxation

Research showcase

We conduct world-leading research on a wide range of law and business topics using a range of traditional legal, empirical legal, comparative and interdisciplinary methods.

ASEAN financial regulation

This research investigates the need for greater cross-border cooperation in the face of increasing financial integration among Asian countries.

Arbitration in Australia

This project examines developments in Australian arbitration law over the last 10 years.

Assisted digital justice

What is the impact of digital court infrastructure on access to justice? This project considers the support structures necessary to assist those at risk of digital exclusion.

Biofuels and energy justice

This interdisciplinary research explains the science of biofuels advancements through the lens of energy justice theory.

Business corruption in Vietnam

This PhD project explores how companies in Vietnam interpret corruption, unethical business behaviour and global anti-corruption norms.

China’s social credit system

We examine China’s social credit system and argue that the new governance mode underlying the CSC relies on the fuzzy notion of "trust".

Darwinism and MNE tax avoidance

We argue that profit creation runs in the genes of firms, and the conflict of profit genes and Darwinian fitness may be considered for policymaking on tax-avert MNE behaviour.

Disruptive technologies

This project explores how certain Southeast Asian countries can harness their potentials to achieve sustainable development.

e-Government and tax accountability

Tax authorities are increasingly digitising and automating their taxpayer service interactions, but this raises fundamental questions about accountability.

EU tax on digital industry

The project examines EU proposed legislation to tax digital business models and analyses its legal, political and economic implications.

Eligibility of auditors

Examining the laws governing auditors’ eligibility, particularly the requirement of good character, in ensuring auditors’ effectiveness in Malaysia.

Environmental justice in Vietnam

"Weak" to "strong" sustainability: protesting for environmental justice in Vietnam.

Financially-stressed consumers

How well do our laws protect vulnerable consumers?

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Historical concept of labour

This project examines the various ideas/concepts of labour as a socially and legally regulated concept since the beginning of stratified/hierarchical civilised states.

Indirect sex discrimination

This MPhil project focuses on ‘Indirect Sex Discrimination under Australian discrimination law - Assessing the Onus of Proof and the Reasonableness Test’.

Industry water stewardship

This PhD project examines how behaviour change of water-users can help address global water crises. It seeks to understand industry's motivations and constraints for adopting water stewardship.

Innovative discrimination laws

How effective are new laws in Victoria at promoting substantive equality?

Institutional investors and climate change

What role can superannuation funds play in society’s response to climate change?

Judicial reasoning in Australian labour law cases

This project examines how judges resolve contested issues in labour law cases by drawing on social science information and/or 'common sense' or intuition.

Kleptocracy through state-owned corporations

How gaps in the Malaysian regulatory framework allowed billions to be stolen.

Labour disputes in SE Asia

The formal and informal regulation of collective labour disputes in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. This interdisciplinary project is funded by a 3-year ARC Discovery Grant.

Labour law research methods

This project examines the various methodologies used in examining labour law – including traditional/doctrinal analysis and empirical legal research.

Law's response to sexual abuse

This project considers canon law, tort law, US bankruptcy law, and the Royal Commission as they are applied to cases involving child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.

Legal liability for AI

The rise of artificial intelligence raises new issues for the law in relation to harm caused by algorithms and artificial intelligence. Who will be responsible if things go wrong?

Microgrid electricity market operator

Investigating the establishment of a Microgrid Operator which facilitates the transition to 100% renewable power.

Modernising legal education

This project draws together international insights from academia, industry and regulators around the theme of innovation and technology in legal education.

Non-audit services in Malaysia

This project focuses on how Malaysian laws (Companies Act 2016, the Capital Market and Services Act 2007 and the Financial Services Act 2013) deal with non-audit services.

Parental smartphone purchases

The mobility effect: uncovering bias function within parental decision-making related to smartphone purchases.

Phoenix activity

This project examines fraudulent phoenix activity in Australia and its regulation.

Pregnancy discrimination at work in Victoria

This project, in collaboration with JobWatch Inc., investigates pregnancy discrimination in Victorian workplaces using qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Public procurement and global supply chains

How can public procurement initiatives be designed effectively to promote and secure better working conditions in transnational supply chains?

Strike ballots in Australia

This project examines the impact of the ballot requirement and statutory process on decision-making by bargaining representatives and subsequent employee access to industrial action in Australia.

Sustainable banking in Indonesia

This PhD project explores the implementation of mandatory sustainable finance regulation in Indonesia and how bank employees interpret its key norms.

Third party litigation funding

Australia was one of the earlier jurisdictions to allow third party litigation funding. It is now one of the earliest jurisdictions to review its operation and to propose a regulatory system.

Trade and climate change

What are the climate change consequences of international trade?

Trade law and history

This interdisciplinary project explores the impact of international trade law on domestic policy, regulatory actors and regulatory institutions in Australia.

US baseball class actions

This research explores the effectiveness of two recent class actions in federal labour law and antitrust law to improve the wages of Minor League players.

Worker protection index

The Worker Protection Index (WPI) has been developed as a new measure for quantitative cross-national comparison of the strength of worker protection provided by law.