PPS Leases – Owner of Goods Loses Title to Liquidator of Tenant

The New South Wales Supreme Court case of Forge Group Power Limited (in liquidation) (receivers and managers appointed) v General Electric International Inc [2016] NSWSC [...]

Changes for Licensed Premises commencing 1 July 2016

Queensland licensees (both liquor and gaming) are reminded that the next suite of changes enacted by the Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Legislation Amendment Act 2016, will [...]

Financial Advice Licensing Urgent Reminder!

ASIC has issued a reminder that from 1 July 2016, accountants who provide financial advice on self managed super funds must hold an Australian Financial [...]

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) wage increase announcement

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has announced today that the national minimum wage will increase by $15.80 per week amounting to a 2.4% increase in [...]

E-Alert: Building, Construction and Infrastructure

Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. Well, sort of. Sometimes, those who can’t don’t teach. Sometimes, they supervise other people who can’t instead…. [...]

E-Alert: Are Oral Building Contracts enforcable?

In Nichols v Earth Spirit Homes Pty Ltd [2015] QCA 219 (Nichols), the Queensland Court of Appeal held that a contract for ‘building work’[1] which [...]

Unsolicited Offers: ‘Cleaning up’ the requirements for an exemption from mandatory Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure

Background The introduction of the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 (Cth) (the Act) created a scheme promoting the disclosure of information about the energy efficiency [...]

Foreign Investment Update – Foreign Resident Withholding Regime to be imposed on Buyers from 1 July 2016

Introduction The Federal Government has recently passed the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 6) Act 2016. This legislation imposes a 10% non-final [...]

Employee v Contractor – are you willing to take the gamble?

In the recent case Tattsbet Limited v Morrow (Tattsbet), the full Federal Court turned its attention to the difference between an employee or a contractor. [...]