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The NSW Government has introduced a number of important changes to the regulation of retirement villages in NSW, in the Retirement Villages Amendment (Standard Contract) Regulation 2013 (2013 No 158). The changes, effective 1 October...
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The land title system is becoming computerised in a bid to simplify the management of land transfer and mortgage data for consumers, business and government. This article looks at how these major changes will affect...
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The disclaiming of leasehold interests by liquidators On 10 May 2013, the High Court granted special leave to appeal the Victorian Court of Appeal’s decision in Willmott Forests Ltd (Receivers and Managers appointed) (in liquidation)...
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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has today released revised proposals on changes to the exemption order under the Banking Act 1959 (Cth) for Religious Charitable Development Funds (RCDFs). These are a response to submissions to...
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As ASIC hammers the final nails into the coffin of a diamond trading scheme, one is tempted to ask where did it all go wrong? ASIC announced on Wednesday 7 August 2013 that it had...
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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...
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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) last week released the results of a privacy sweep on websites most used by Australians. The sweep involved the OAIC reviewing the content of almost 50 of...
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Further to our recent e-alert of 17 June 2013 “Australian Franchising Code of Conduct Review – The Key Recommendations“, the Federal Government has recently accepted outright or in principle most of the recommendations in the...
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The High Court recently granted special leave to appeal, and will now revisit the Victorian Court of Appeals decision in Re Willmott Forest Limited [2012] USCA 202 (29 August 2012) and the extent to which...
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As explained in our previous article , the changes arose out of a Federal parliamentary committee report entitled Workplace Bullying “We just want it to stop”, which issued various recommendations in October 2012, and attempted...
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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...
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A decision by the Federal Circuit Court on 28 June 2013 highlights the often forgotten obligation of employers to give pay slips to employees as required by the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act) and...