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Changes to the JobKeeper scheme
The JobKeeper scheme will be modified, and extended from 28 September 2020 until 30 March 2021. ...
JobKeeper enabling directions – a focus on 'reasonableness'
In a recent decision of the Fair Work Commission (the FWC), an employer has been chastised for unreasonably directing an employee to work only 60% of their pre-COVID hours. ...
No 'ordinary and customary turnover in labour' where there is a reasonable expectation of ongoing work
An employee's reasonable expectation of continued employment is relevant to determining whether the termination was 'due to the ordinary and customary turnover of labour' for the purpose of exemption from statutory redundancy entitlements. ...
Risk e-business? Navigating the acceleration of your business online
From IT infrastructure considerations, and data collection to digital advertising and protecting your IP, our cross-disciplinary team explore some of the legal and regulatory considerations when creating or refreshing your digital offering. ...
PE Horizons market update 2020
PE managers are scouring the market for complex opportunities to drive returns. Complex carve outs of unloved businesses will continue to pique the interest of dealmakers. Some assets will be value buys and others will prove defensive in a time of risk. ...
Accurate tenement expenditure recording under the Mining Act 1978 (WA): an update from the Warden's Court
Recent proceedings before the Warden's Court of Western Australia have reinforced a long line of decisions and the nature of a tenement holder's obligations in tenement reporting; affirming the requirements for detailed and accurate reporting on expenditure, and emphasising the importance of ensuring tenement holders are truthful when reporting expenditure. The decisions are a timely reminder of the importance of adequately resourcing the compiling, calculating and reporting expenditure functions (and the need to keep detailed records to substantiate that expenditure), as failure to do so can ultimately lead to forfeiture of tenements. ...
WA Court of Appeal determines meaning of 'feasibility study' in the context of a joint venture agreement
In the recent decision of Pilbara Iron Ore Pty Ltd v Ammon [2020] WASCA 92, the WA Court of Appeal considered a farm-in agreement where one party had to pay for a 'feasibility study' in order to acquire an interest in a mining tenement. The primary question for the Court of Appeal was whether the feasibility study had to be 'bankable' or if it could be of a lower standard. ...
Independent review recommends fundamental reform of the 'archaic, ineffective' EPBC Act
The Interim Report of the once-in-a-decade review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) has recommended major reforms, finding the EPBC Act to be archaic, ineffective and inefficient. ...
Elevation of Vietnam's Public Private Partnership Regime: 14 key changes for foreign investors
We set out 14 key changes to Vietnam's PPP regime under the new Law on Public-Private Partnership that are likely to be of interest to foreign investors. ...
A growing tide? Climate change class action proceedings issued against the Federal Treasury
Australia is becoming front and centre as a forum for activist climate change litigation against corporates, financial institutions and government. We assess the significance of these proceedings and outline the key questions your organisation and its Board should be asking. ...