In this edition: Changes to thresholds and rates Casual conversion Casual loading and double dipping Long Service Leave Act New Victorian Long Service Benefits Portability Scheme New Labour Hire Licensing Schem...

Click here to download a copy of this report The report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry made 76 recommendations to improve the sector. With so many d...

Security interests registered on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) in 2012 for a period of 7 years (the other registration period options being 25 years or indefinitely - provided that the collateral is not consumer...

Australian importers have new reasons to become accredited Trusted Traders with the Australian Border Force (ABF) announcing that Trusted Traders can enjoy the benefits of certain free trade agreements (FTA) without requiring a ce...

This article was originally published in the Autumn edition of Across Borders, which can be found here Generally, Australia's customs duty rates of 0-5% are not sufficient to motivate deliberate evasion of duty. In an environme...

Increasingly, customers are insisting that transport companies use their Transport Services Agreement, rather than the transport operator's own terms and conditions. These customers will have undoubtedly allocated significant risk...