The NSW Premier and the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure last week signalled major changes to the application of development codes to new projects. The changes are set to eviscerate much of the potential of the White Paper...

Earlier this year, the District Court of South Australia delivered a decision that now means any debenture, fixed and floating charge or security interest over land must be disclosed in a vendor's statement (commonly known as a 'F...

An Australian court of appeal has confirmed that there is an implied term of mutual trust and confidence in all employment contracts unless there are express terms in a contract which are inconsistent with that implied term. Impo...

The Minister also announced the initiation of the Commission's first investigations into the alleged dumping of peaches from South Africa and of tomatoes from Italy. Official launch of the Commission As part of the Federal Gover...

On 3 July 2013, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") released its Blueprint for Reform 2013-2018. This follows an announcement late last year by the Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon Jason Clare, th...

Further to our email alert on 15 May 2013,  the Registrar-General of South Australia has on the 24 June 2013, released a final version of the Verification of Identity (VOI) policy. This was after a process of public consultation....