The Senate voted in Federal Parliament on Monday night (16 September) to defeat an ALP motion to disallow the Fair Work Amendment (Casual Loading Offset) Regulations 2018 (“Regulations”). The regulations are designed to assist...

Since the beginning of the new financial year, there have been many industry changing developments in the banking sector. Implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission in to Banking Industry are well underway, and ...

Contents: 1. The Case 2. The First Case on Responsible Lending 3. Westpac Saves $35million 4. Issues on which the case was decided 4.1 Taking Declared Living Expenses into Account in the Credit Assessment Process 4.2 Determi...

With rates sometimes exceeding 100%, dumping duties are one of the key focus areas of the Australian Border Force and importers.  Importers can face unexpected dumping duty bills that run into the millions of dollars and feel tha...

The Bankruptcy Amendment (Debt Agreement Reform) Act 2018 (Cth) was designed to and is already having a major impact on the debt administration industry in Australia following its commencement on 27 June 2019. The aim of the le...

ASIC has proposed to ban unsolicited telephone sales of life insurance (including funeral insurance) and Consumer Credit Insurance (CCI) when sold with general or no advice. This proposed ban will even extend to financial advisers...