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The high income threshold will increase to $153,600, effective from 1 July 2020.   The Fair Work Commission has today released its annual increase to the high income threshold. This threshold affects how modern awards apply to employees and, i...

As Australians begin to start considering their options to travel again, it is important to keep in mind what travel insurance you may require. Generally, when Australians think about domestic travel, travel insurance is not the first thing on their ...

The Fair Work Commission's 2019/20 Annual Wage Review decision has now been handed down.   A majority of the Expert Panel for annual wage reviews (Panel) noted that this review was undertaken during a global pandemic, with the...

Is a worker entitled to be back-paid weekly benefits if they are assessed as having permanent impairment of more than 20% after their benefits cease under s 39(1) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987? The Court of Appeal examined this point of law in...

Suppliers of goods often rely upon retention of title clauses to preserve their goods in the event the purchaser defaults on any aspect of the supply agreement.  However, how enforceable are these provisions when the purchaser enters into administrat...

In February 2020 a former director of the Kleenmaid Group of companies became the first person to be sentenced to imprisonment for insolvent trading as a shadow director. Andrew Young was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment for criminal insolvent trad...

When a person is declared a bankrupt, certain liberties are taken away from that person. One restriction includes a prohibition against travelling overseas unless the approval has been given by the bankrupt's trustee in bankruptcy. This issue was rec...

In the recent decision of Defteros v Google LLC [2020] VSC 219, the Supreme Court of Victoria held search engine Google liable for "publishing" defamatory material. In doing so, the decision has extended the reach of defamation to encompass ...