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The Federal Government has announced the introduction of a new Code of Conduct (the Code) that is to regulate commercial and retail leases for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Code is mandatory and expected to be legislated...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has placed an inevitable strain on many small businesses and Australia's economy. With many industries affected by forced closures of their businesses, the childcare sector remains open, but with little to no students in atte...

In a bid to assist SMEs during the coronavirus pandemic the NSW Government has introduced new measures to support SMEs. Relief for SMEs impacted by COVID-19 is being offered by both the Federal and State Governments. In this article, we review the me...

With unprecedented numbers of Australian employees now working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing measures implemented by the Government, the Australian workforce has embraced flexibility like never before, with technolog...

The Australian Banking Association (ABA) has announced that its member banks have agreed to extend their small business relief measures to businesses with total business loan facilities of up to $10M (increased from the previous $3M threshold), inclu...

Significant events in our lives often prompt us to consider whether our existing estate planning arrangements are appropriate. The impacts of COVID-19 have already been felt by many of our clients and several of them have asked us how to update or ma...

On 24 March 2020, the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Bill 2020 received Royal Assent, meaning that the changes proposed in that bill to "lessen the threat of insolvency" for individuals and businesses in the current c...

As part of its second stimulus package in response to the developing novel coronavirus pandemic announced on 22 March 2020, the Australian Government has extended a lifeline to individuals and businesses facing financial distress by way of temporary ...