Workers’ Compensation Reform in South Australia
The Return to Work Bill 2014 (SA) is currently under debate in State Parliament. The Bill is intended to deliver the deepest reform of workers’ compensation in South Australia since 1986. The…
High Court Rules on Implied Term of Mutual Trust and Confidence
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker [2014] HCA 32.
ATO Publishes its Cues for Compliance Action
On 2 September the Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") released a new guide entitled “Assessing the Risk: allocation of profits within professional firms”. The document provides guidance for…
Shake up to South Australian Legal Market
Leading South Australian law firms Fox Tucker and Donaldson Walsh will soon be joining forces to form a new firm with a clear focus on service excellence – DW Fox Tucker. The new look firm will…
Mitigating the Risk of Sexual Harassment
As Richardson v Oracle has just shown, a policy alone isn’t always enough to prevent serious human and financial consequences. In February 2013, in the matter of Richardson v Oracle Corporation…
Taxpayer Alert: Property Development
On 28 July the Australian Taxation Office ("ATO") released a Taxpayer Alert looking at property development. The ATO are focussing on developments which take place in trust arrangements. Property…
Australia’s built heritage: preserving character, enhancing value
An interview with Greg Hunt MP, Federal Minister for the Environment
Sexual Harassment Just Got Much More Expensive!
In a recent appeal decision - Richardson v Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 82 – the Full Bench of the Federal Court awarded significant damages for pain and suffering / non-economic…
RIP OAIC: New Office for the Privacy Commissioner
As a result of the cost-cutting measures in the Australian Government’s Budget, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner [OAIC] will be disbanded by 1 January 2015. The OAIC is an…
Resolutions to Distribute Trust Income
Trustees of discretionary trusts are required to resolve (either through minutes of a meeting or by ordinary resolution) before 30 June each year which beneficiaries of the trust will receive income…
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