The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General has announced a uniform approach to statutory declarations. The move will attempt to redress the fragmentation of the current system, which has different ...

In what the government expects to be a major boost to productivity, statutory declarations will be able to be done digitally from January 1 next year. The government says new legislation, passed by ...

The federal government has introduced legislation to permanently allow declarations to be made with electronic signatures and video-link witnessing. The measures were temporary during Covid-19. The ...

One of the last vestiges of centuries of paper and ink has finally fallen, after federal attorney-general Mark Dreyfus wrote into law the permanent ability to use digital execution, electronic ...

Digital statutory declarations were adopted in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes, now made permanent, impact a range of visa applicants including worker, student and partner visas. The ...

AJ Park explores a recent case which emphasises the importance of submitting reliable evidence in invalidation proceedings, even where proceedings are undefended In Leiying Zhu v Shanghai Yunzheng ...