FWC awards 3.3% wage increase For clients and businesses who pay either strictly in accordance with or by reference to award rates of pay or [...]
With respect to Portia[1], a party seeking to prevent a call upon security is likely to need to mount an argument which is stronger than [...]
The recent Queensland Court of Appeal decision of Queensland Building and Construction Commission v Turcinovic[1] confirms the difficulties that will be faced by a builder [...]
In January 2015, Standards Australia released an initial draft of the contract which was set to supersede AS2124:1992 and AS4000:1997. To be fair, the draft [...]
As south east Queensland and key regional areas continue to become more densely developed, the scope for disputes between developers and owners of properties adjoining [...]
Applying for a declaration that an Adjudication Decision is void is a commonplace response to an adverse Adjudication Decision. What needs to be borne in [...]
The Fair Work Commission today handed down its long awaited and politically sensitive decision about whether long standing penalty rates on weekends and public holidays [...]
An apparently simple administrative error in a PPSR registration has resulted in a significant financial loss for a lessor. In In the matter of OneSteel [...]
New legislation mandating professional standards for financial planners and advisers was passed in the House of Representatives. The Corporations Amendment (Professional Standards of Financial Advisers) [...]