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With the ambition to "keep our economy moving", the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, the Honourable Minister Rob Stokes, has today announced a program to fast-track the planning system and keep construction booming in NSW. While the ...
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...
On 25 March 2020, the NSW Parliament passed the COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020 which makes amendments to a suite of NSW legislation in accordance with tightening restrictions on non-essential gatherings and to ...
In our article, The year ahead for directors: what’s in store for 2020?, we discussed the ramifications of the Treasury Laws Amendment ...
On 29 March 2020, the Federal Government announced its intention to place a six-month moratorium on landlords' rights to evict residential and commercial tenants who are unable to meet their rental obligations as a result of financial distress arisin...
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...
When does vicarious liability not lie with a worker’s employer? How is negligence assessed for sole-employee companies? Can there be dual vicarious liability? The Court of Appeal addresses these issues in a judgment that considers the assessmen...
Today, the Federal Government has seen its second stimulus package, to combat the economic challenges Australia faces in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, enter into law. The stimulus package, valued at about $189 billion, and representative of a...