Auxlaw specialises in advising and representing all levels of government across the full scope of legal matters that are commonly encountered in the public sector. We are experts in public law, regulation, commercial, dispute resolution, and public projects and procurement.  Our team are trusted advisors to a long list of government bodies, including government departments and agencies, regulators, statutory office holders and offices, advisory committees and statutory trusts. 

We understand government

We have a strong understanding of the requirements of our government clients. 

Our team’s recent experience includes: 

• acting for the Minister for Home Affairs in over 100 migration and citizenship proceedings;
• assisting government clients with the drafting and negotiation of a broad range of technology contracts, including in relation to hardware acquisition and installation, SAAS, XAAS, data migration, telecommunications, managed services, development services, systems integration and software support services;
• advising the Department of Defence on some of Australia’s largest and most complex Defence projects across the Land, Sea and Air domains;
• representing Commonwealth entities in freedom of information merits and judicial review proceedings, including in relation to a ‘vexatious applicant’ declaration under s89K of the FOI Act;
• acting in Research and Development Tax Incentive Scheme proceedings and complex anti-dumping litigation for the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources; 
• advising the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in relation to complex regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings;
• advising Commonwealth regulators in relation to the exercise of compliance and enforcement powers; 
• assisting Commonwealth entities with Royal Commissions and Coronial Inquests; 
• advising on secrecy and confidentiality provisions in Commonwealth legislation; 
• advising Commonwealth entities in relation to administrative decision-making, including statutory interpretation; 
• preparing privacy advice and Privacy Impact Assessments for various Commonwealth entities; and
• acting for Comcare in administrative review proceedings before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Federal Court of Australia.
  

We help deliver outcomes 

We work in partnership with our government clients to develop solutions to complex problems that go beyond the binary consideration of legal options. We provide pragmatic advice to public sector entities to help them make defensible decisions. We are mindful of our clients’ objectives, and we work closely with them to deliver effective outcomes. 

Our approach combines:

• a high level of collaboration with our clients; 
• responsiveness; 
• strategic and practical advice; and
• cost certainty.