Australia’s highest court rules on tariff classification – wins and losses for industry

The High Court has found against the Comptroller-General of Customs and handed down a decision that vita-gummies are classified as a duty free medicament and not as food.  However, in reaching its decision it made a number of fin...

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EU Succession Regulation & Australian Estate Planning

If you own property in a member state of the European Union or if you are a citizen of an EU member state, then you must consider the EU succession 650/2012 regulation when making your estate plan to ensure your assets are protect...

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Bushfire Recovery and How We Can Help

The principals and staff at Hunt & Hunt are deeply saddened by the bushfires that have caused massive destruction across parts of our country.  Our thoughts are with those who live and work in the devastated areas, and with t...

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Modern Award annualised salary changes will go live from March 2020

From 1 March 2020, new annualised salary clauses will be introduced into a number of modern awards.  These changes come about as part of the Fair Work Commission’s four-yearly review of the modern award regime. There will be...

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Greater Focus on Good Design

The role of good design in development in NSW was considered in a decision of the Land and Environment Court earlier this year. In Zammit v Inner West Council [2019] NSWLEC 1074 Commissioner Horton discussed how Better Placed, an ...

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Australian loses WTO dumping dispute – implications for a range of Australian dumping duties

Indonesia was last week successful in its World Trade Organisation (WTO) appeal against dumping duties imposed by Australia on Indonesian A4 copy paper.  Australia was found to have imposed dumping duties that were inconsistent w...

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