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The Tribunal has handed down two decisions relating to GST. One confirming the Commissioner’s view of the taxable treatment of a flavoured yoghurt product sold in a plastic tub which included a separate compartment containing a blend of cookie pieces and white chocolate chips which were intended to be “flipped”
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When refugees arrive in Australia, they face huge challenges. So, how do they access the support they need? Perhaps counterintuitively, a newly launched children’s book is designed to help refugees get legal assistance.
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When refugees arrive in Australia, they face huge challenges. So, how do they access the support they need? Perhaps counterintuitively, a newly launched children’s book is designed to help refugees get legal assistance.
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As a measure of how efficient the Supreme Court can be in processing applications to modify restrictive covenants, today we managed to modify a restrictive covenant within four weeks of taking instructions from a client. The modification was a simple … Continue reading →
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The Victorian government has abolished stamp duty on commercial and industrial property in favour of an annual property tax, which it hopes will raise an extra $50 billion.
The system will be phased in starting from 1 July 2024 and apply to any commercial and industrial properties as they are
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Employers generally know they could be held accountable if employees are injured on the job. But they may assume their accountability is limited to physical injuries.
However, a recent High Court judgment found an employer’s duty of care may be extended to mental or psychiatric matters.
The case dealt with
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The Victorian government has introduced a new temporary land tax surcharge from the 2024 land tax year. This tax is in addition to the existing land tax and will last for 10 years (until 30 June 2033). The proceeds will be used to repay some of the state’s Covid-19 debts
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Why did it take the justice system 20 years to work out that Kathleen Folbigg was wrongly convicted over the deaths of her four infant children? Does Australia need a better way to investigate possible miscarriages of justice?
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Why did it take the justice system 20 years to work out that Kathleen Folbigg was wrongly convicted over the deaths of her four infant children? Does Australia need a better way to investigate possible miscarriages of justice?
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A New York Judge is considering what sanctions to impose on a lawyer who spectacularly misused ChatGPT. And Australia’s only Indigenous federal judge Matthew Myers wants more First Nations people to use the family law courts to get the best outcome for their children.
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A New York Judge is considering what sanctions to impose on a lawyer who spectacularly misused ChatGPT. And Australia’s only Indigenous federal judge Matthew Myers wants more First Nations people to use the family law courts to get the best outcome for their children.
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If you’re renovating or building a domestic structure, you need to hire a registered builder if the work is worth more than $10,000. You also need a written ‘major domestic building contract’.
In this context, building work includes:
Constructing a home, including the landscaping, paving, retaining structures, driveways, fencing,
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In a recent court case, Mazda was found to have breached Australian consumer law because they gave customers the run-around by refusing to refund or replace their faulty cars.
In Australia, the products we buy are required to meet these seven consumer guarantees:
1. Be of acceptable quality
The product
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If a customer leaves an unfair online review, your first step could be to ask the customer or site owner to remove the review. But if they refuse, can you take the matter further?
In NSW, a disgruntled customer left a one-star review about a painter claiming the painter “caused
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The construction of 1,700 dwellings is in limbo after builder Porter Davis Homes collapsed. Of these, about 250 homes were close to completion, according to the liquidator Grant Thornton.
Although several companies wanted to buy some of Porter Davis Homes’ assets, no buyers were willing to buy all the assets
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In April, Prestige Truck Bodies was fined $225,000 for creating unsafe working conditions after a worker was crushed to death. The workers were lifting heavy materials which slipped and crushed the floor manager.
In this case the employer should have trained the employees to recognise that a container was unsafely
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When you use a brand name or specific mark, you should register it as a trademark to prevent other Australian businesses from using it.
Before registering a trademark, IP Australia will check that there aren’t competing trademarks in Australia, but not internationally.
Registering a trademark protects it in all the
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A judge has thrown out the defamation action brought by Ben Roberts Smith one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers against three newspapers. The judge was satisfied, to the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, that allegations Mr Roberts-Smith was involved or complicit in unlawful killings in Afghanistan were substantially true. Also,
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A judge has thrown out the defamation action brought by Ben Roberts Smith one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers against three newspapers. The judge was satisfied, to the civil standard of the balance of probabilities, that allegations Mr Roberts-Smith was involved or complicit in unlawful killings in Afghanistan were substantially true. Also,