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Independent Boards for Big Superannuatio....
The Government has released its exposure draft legislation to improve governance arrangements in...
Minimum wage increases by 2.5%
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 2.5% increase to minimum wages which will apply from the...
Clarifying Confusing Costs Terms
In civil litigation, costs orders are awarded at certain stages of the proceedings. The...
Tax Time: Instant depreciation write-off
Time is running out for businesses to claim the immediate depreciation write-off offered by the...
Betting on an A-league match could get y....
The importance of reading the terms and conditions of agreements which you enter into in everyday...
Demanding Debts from Downloaders
The long running saga of the Dallas Buyer's Club litigation may shortly hit another snag, but for...
Supreme Court Practice Note 20: Citation....
The Chief Justice, the Honourable T F Bathurst AC has issued a new Practice Note that came into...
Draft report into business set up, trans....
The Productivity Commission recently released a draft report (The Report) into Business set-up,...
Self-managed super fund stripped of siph....
There is a common belief that Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) contributions by an individual cannot...
Exclusive jurisdiction clauses: commenci....
Exclusive jurisdiction clauses are common in commercial contract when parties are in different...
The risk of relying on “pre-insolv....
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia serves to reinforce importance of obtaining...
Is customer metadata caught by the Priva....
The recent determination of the Privacy Commissioner in Ben Grubb v Telstra Corporation...
ATO’s Phoenix Blitz
The Australian Taxation Office has today issued a press release in connection with its increased...
ATO’s Strict Approach Evidences Co....
Much has been made of the ATO's new-found zealous approach, with a record-breaking number of...
Applications for remuneration – no....
The case of In the matter of CB Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 913 provides a timely...
May Madness: A record breaking number of....
In 2013 the ATO published a fact sheet 'Firmer action approach to debt collection' however, until...
Supreme Court of NSW announces new Real....
The Supreme Court of NSW has announced the establishment of the Real Property List in the Equity...
AFSA: Insolvency practitioner remunerati....
AFSA has released a guidance video aimed to provide further direction to insolvency practitioners...
ASIC Report 433: Overview of licensing a....
ASIC has released its first report on its approach to licence applications with a view of helping...
2015-16 Budget: Good News for Crowdfundi....
The 2015-16 budget announcement this week brought welcome news for for entrepreneurs and small...
Soccer and Insolvency Part II: Newcastle....
The Newcastle Jets, who play in the Australian Hyundai A-League, have been placed into Voluntary...
ERA Legal protects director’s duti....
ERA Legal has successfully fought off an application for a mandatory injunction seeking...
Amendments to the Corporations Act
The Corporations Act 2001 (the Act) was recently amended by the Corporations Legislation Amendment...
Spending a penny in cross-border insolve....
For modern businesses, multinational operations offer strong opportunities for growth and...