As Greater Sydney prepares for an extended lockdown until 28 August 2021, welcomed boosts to the COVID-19 financial subsidies offer some reprieve to struggling businesses and individuals. Boost to JobSaver Program Weekly pay...
In the recent decision of The University of Melbourne v Commissioner of State Revenue [2021] VSC 322 ("SRO Case"), Justice Osborne of the Supreme Court of Victoria considered the Court's discretion to refuse the making of an indem...
On Wednesday, 28 July 2021, the Victorian government announced a $400 million package of new support measures for small and medium business in Victoria (to be funded jointly with the Commonwealth government) to assist them to reco...
In simple terms, water theft is taking water without permission. As an individual or business, you may be accused of stealing water by interfering with a water meter or by taking water in an area where there is insufficient or no ...
At the time of writing, the recent outbreak of the delta variant of COVID-19 in New South Wales has been met with the NSW Government enacting the Retail and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19) Regulation 2021 on 14 July 2021 (deali...
In November 2020, the NSW Supreme Court of Appeal determined that insurers could not deny business interruption insurance claims based on an exclusion clause in certain policies that made specific reference to a repealed Quarantin...