E-alert: Building and Other Legislation (Cladding) Amendment Regulation 2018

The Grenfell tower disaster in Britain last year has (quite rightly) focused attention on fire risk in buildings. Whilst the fire risk issue may be [...]

E-alert: Queensland Government to increase land tax rates from 1 July 2018

From 1 July 2018, the Queensland Government will increase rates of land tax by 0.5% for landowners who have aggregated taxable landholdings above $10 million. [...]

E-alert: New GST Withholding Obligations for Residential Property Transactions to Apply from 1 July 2018

A very important reminder that, after 1 July 2018, the parties to residential property contracts entered into after this date must comply with new significant [...]

E-alert: Buyers Beware – High Court confirms that buyers inherit the sins of previous owners who have not complied with development approvals

On 14 March 2018, the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in Pike v Tighe [2018] HCA 9 which is of interest to [...]