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Public inquiry into Victorian Environment Protection Authority to begin next week
A public inquiry into the Victorian Environment Protection Authority EPA has been announced and will commence on 1 June 2015, covering a variety of issues in relation to the EPA's role in public health and environmental protection ...
VCAT advisory opinion outlines limits on recovery of certain landlord outgoings
A recent advisory opinion from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal outlines certain limits on the maintenance repair and compliance costs that a landlord can recover from tenants under Victorian leases particularly retail premises leases Partner John Beckinsale Special Counsel Christine ...
GST on offshore services and intangible supplies
GST is to be applied to the supply of services and other intangibles by non-residents to Australian consumers under legislation proposed to apply from 1 July 2017 This will include the supply of digital products and the supply of other services The liability for GST on such supplies made through an ...
Attribution MITs - why try to fix something that wasn't broken?
The exposure draft Bill for the taxation of 'attribution managed investment trusts' has been received with much derision. We consider the key implications ...
Federal Government passes wide-ranging data retention laws
Telecommunications and internet service providers will incur significant new compliance costs under the Federal Government's controversial new data retention laws. ...
The low down on tall towers in Melbourne
Recent press reports have made much of Leanne Hodyls Churchill Fellowship report findings that high-rise apartment towers are being built within Melbournes Hoddle Grid at four times the maximum densities allowed in cities such as Hong Kong New York and Tokyo In the light of this report Managing ...
Workplace relations
In this issue we look at recent important decisions concerning calculating payment of accrued leave on termination redundancy of senior executives the redundancy risk posed by attempts to forcibly relocate employees disaggregating lawful and unlawful reasons in adverse action termination claims and ...
MySuper and promoting the financial interests of MySuper beneficiaries
An examination of a trustees duty to promote the financial interests of its MySuper beneficiaries is it outcomes-based or process-based ...
Class Action Insights
The recent settlement of the Great Southern class action raises a number of interesting and important issues not only because the court took the unusual step of publishing its reasons for judgment after the settlement had been announced ...
South West settlement agreed to in principle
The West Australian Government and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council have come to an in-principle agreement in relation to a collective native title claim of the Noongar people The South West Settlement Agreement which should provide greater clarity regarding aboriginal heritage surveys ...