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Draft legislation released to improve corporate law compliance burden
An exposure draft of proposed legislative amendments designed to reduce the compliance burden for businesses has been released by the Federal Government The amendments include long-awaited changes to the dividend payment rules the abolition of the 100 member rule and updates to remuneration ...
Changes to open and transparent sale process requirement for foreign persons acquiring agricultural land
On 25 September 2018 the Foreign Investment Review Board released revised guidance on the application of the requirement for an open and transparent sale process for foreign persons acquiring agricultural land Partner Wendy Rae Senior Associate Julian Barendse and Lawyer Bianca Sacco examine these ...
Australia's foreign investment regime - Budget changes
The Australian Government flagged a number of changes to Australias foreign investment regime in the 2017 Budget In a welcome development the changes seek to simplify an otherwise complex regime and encourage foreign investment in Australia Partner Wendy Rae and Associate Nick Kefalianos examine the ...
Australia's foreign investment regime - regulatory burden reduced
Significant changes to Australias foreign investment regime came into effect on 1 July 2017 intended to address concerns regarding this regime raised since its introduction in December 2015 The amendments reduce the regulatory burden in a number of key ways and will impact a range of foreign ...
Responding to COVID-19: your questions answered
In light of the global outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), many businesses are confronted with questions about the legal and regulatory implications. Here we address the most pressing questions being asked across the business landscape. ...
Massive industry growth expected: opportunities in data centres for real estate developers
The real estate sector has yet to explore fully the big potential for data centres. In this Insight, we explore the untapped opportunity to service the ever-increasing demand for data centres, and how developers can capitalise on this. ...
Implementing Australia's free trade commitments with Japan, Korea and Chile
The Commonwealth has recently made regulation to implement Australias commitments under its free trade agreements with Japan Korea and Chile which will ease certain foreign investment review and life insurance business regulations for investors from those countries Japan Sector Leader and Partner ...
New restrictions on foreign persons acquiring Australian land and agribusinesses
The Federal Treasurer has today announced material changes to Australias foreign investment regime which will significantly impact transactions undertaken by foreign persons of Australian land particularly agricultural land and agribusinesses Partner Wendy Rae and Senior Associate Nick Kefalianos ...
Treasury consultation paper flags changes to stapled structures
Stapled structures have been used as an investment platform in the property and infrastructure sectors for decades and more recently have been deployed into renewable energy agriculture and other areas Through the issue of its Taxpayer Alert on stapled structures on 31 January 2017 the ATO indicated ...
New reporting requirements for critical infrastructure
New reporting requirements for critical infrastructure require the lodgement of information on the Register of Critical Infrastructure Assets before 11 January 2019 ...