Synergy Law

Supporting Government to become 'future ready', partnering with clients to achieve legally defensible outcomes.
By leaning into complex and challenging issues, we can find options and solutions to support legally defensible outcomes and provide confidence for the commonwealth.

Synergy Law is a Synergy Group integrated legal offering, specialising in Government law and legal advisory services. Synergy Law as a capability, and an added service line, enables Synergy Group to provide clients integrated end to end advisory services and solutions which are legally assured and defensible. Synergy Law also provides Synergy Group the additional capability to look at ways to ‘lean into’ future legal issues such as: cyber security, ICT and infrastructure security, emerging energy resources, climate law, supply chain management, data sharing and information law, to support Government operations becoming ‘future ready’.

Synergy Law not only provides an integrated legal service but added depth of experience through having worked in, and for, Government on complex legal, policy and program matters. We know our market, we know our clients, we understand what you need. We will lean in, work beside you, and help you achieve your outcomes.

Meet the team

From start to finish we listen and seek to understand and deliver impact, together, in partnership.

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Insight

Digital accessibility is a human right, not just a technical rquirement for Government

Rethinking work
In the early 2010s, Australians were filling out paper tax return forms by hand and mailing them back to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). In just one-decade, ​the ​digital transformation undeniably swept over most Federal Government service offerings​.​ MyGov has enabled faster service delivery, seamless interactions between citizens and the Government​,​ and robust data-driven services. However, for all this progress and rapid transformation, the question remains - who is being left behind?
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Insight

Redefining Play: How WHS Laws Might Quietly Rewrite the Rules of Elite Sport

Rethinking work
When North Melbourne's Jackson Archer was handed a three-week suspension after a Round One collision in this year's AFL competition, the backlash was immediate. Critics accused the AFL of trying to "legislate risk out of the game". But the decision is more than just a judgment about contact in sport. It is a sign of the AFL, like many sporting organisations, grappling with a larger legal responsibility: workplace safety.
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Insight

Evaluating the DTA's AI Model Clauses (v2.0 - March 2025): A Legal Insight for Australian Government Buyers

Transformation
The March 2025 update to the Digital Transformation Agency’s AI Model Clauses represents a timely and essential advancement in the Australian Government’s approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) procurement. As AI becomes integral to delivering services, guiding decision-making, and streamlining internal operations, these clauses offer essential legal and ethical frameworks for responsible adoption.
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