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Defining the objective of superannuation
The Government released a discussion paper on the Objective of Superannuation today The paper says that the Government will enshrine in legislation the primary objective recommended by the Financial System Inquiry being To provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the Age Pension ...
Commissioner threatens to issue higher tax bills
The Commissioner of Taxation has in a recent Australian Senate Estimates hearing expressed frustration that companies potentially subject to Australias cross-border anti-avoidance laws including the new Multinational Anti-Avoidance Law or MAAL which have documents offshore outside the reach of his ...
New guidelines for unsolicited proposals for State-owned land in WA
The WA Government has issued its formal guidelines for unsolicited proposals for the sale or lease of State-owned land By embracing the possibility of unsolicited proposals as opposed to encumbering every development opportunity with a procurement process and by expressing a willingness to engage ...
Allens Accelerate: The startup investor tax concessions - what you need to know
The Federal Government has introduced a Bill detailing tax concessions to incentivise investment into Australian startups ...
Raising professional standards of financial advisers
Following on from the reviews conducted by the Parliamentary Joint Committee and the Financial System Inquiry the Government delivered on its promises by releasing an exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment Professional Standards of Financial Advisers Bill 2015 the Bill late last year for ...
FSI outcomes - what will happen and when?
Are you interested in the financial system and how it is regulated The Federal Governments response to the Financial System Inquiry was recently handed down but it can be hard to work out where exactly things are heading We have put together a table that sets out what is likely to happen and when ...
Important new changes to PNG company law
Major changes to PNG company law have important ramifications for company directors company secretaries and anyone with an interest in the winding up of a company Partner Richard Kriedemann and Senior Associate Sarah Kuman report on the impact of the new laws ...
Supreme Court decision limits the scope of landholder duty in Queensland
The Queensland Supreme Court has held that mining leases did not constitute an interest in land for the purposes of the former land rich duty regime While subsequent amendments to the Duties Act 2001 Qld mean that mining tenements are now treated as an interest in land the decision provides much ...
Your 'Metadata' as Personal Information
In a decision published this week the Australian Privacy Commissioner has clarified that metadata may be personal information when an organisation has the capacity and resources to link that information to an individual Partner Michael Pattison Associate Priyanka Nair and Law Graduate Leah Wickman ...
Competition news
In Touch highlights what's been happening in the Australian competition, consumer and regulatory world this month and how it may impact your business. ...