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Withholding tax to capture exit profits
Legislation introduced into Parliament will impose a 10 per cent non-final withholding tax on proceeds paid to foreign parties to acquire direct or indirect interests in Australian real property and mining rights from 1 July 2016 Partner Martin Fry and Lawyer David Lewis discuss the proposed law ...
Crowd-sourced equity funding
The Government has finally begun the process of implementing its policy on crowd-sourced equity funding CSEF by introducing a Bill and releasing draft exposure regulations late last year which envisage the establishment of a CSEF regime in Australia The Bill has been referred to the Senate Economics ...
Audio: Anti-bribery developments in 2016 - what to know to avoid being exposed
The forecast for the year ahead for Australian anti-bribery laws and compliance is a busy one with a Senate inquiry new laws and a continued focus on suspected foreign bribery offences ...
Queensland foreign stamp duty surcharge - relief guidelines issued
New relief guidelines have been issued on Queensland's foreign stamp duty surcharge ...
Amendments to Retail Leases Act (NSW)
New legislation has been introduced into the NSW Parliament that if passed will make significant amendments to a number of the provisions of the existing legislation governing retail shop leases ...
Employment Law
This Insight considers recent developments in Employment Law. ...
Post-election policy recap
As the dust settles following the recent federal election it is a good time to reflect on what we can expect from the re-elected Coalition Government for the financial services sector There are two main groups of policy proposals that are going to need to get through Parliament The first is the ...
Conflicts of interest and the duty to manage them
The Corporations Act 2001 Cth was amended in 2004 to include an additional obligation for Australian financial services licensees to have in place adequate arrangements for the management of conflicts of interest that may arise in relation to the activities undertaken by the licensees in the ...
Practical pitfalls and the sacrosanct limitation of liability clause
Commercial trusts could not operate without limitation of liability clauses however getting a limitation of liability clause just right is very challenging ...
Costs before Caution - Australia's unique approach to the interchangeability of biosimilars
Recent developments in Australia suggest that there has been a deliberate prioritisation of the cost benefits of facilitating biosimilar interchangeability over the safety and efficacy risks that can arise when biosimilars are used interchangeably ...