Client Profile: Centre for Appropriate Technology (CfAT)
Nurturing 50,000 years of Indigenous culture with 21st century technology. All in a day’s work at CfAT.
Damages for Disappointing Holiday
Can you sue if a package holiday does not go as planned? In some circumstances, you can. Read on… Scenic Tours v Moore [2018] NSWCA 238 was a class action in which various people sued the tour…
Direct Marketing and Data Sharing: Shahin v BP Australia
Direct marketing is a prevalent and ever-increasing aspect of life in this digital age. Direct marketing does not, of course, have to be digital but that is generally the method used to get marketing…
Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain
Slave is defined in the Macquarie Encyclopaedic Dictionary as: 1. /sleiv/ n. someone who is the property of, and wholly subject to another 2. Someone who works for and is the prisoner of another;…
Separated but Living Under the One Roof: Together but Apart
You might be surprised that figures from the Department of Human Services in March 2017 show that some 38,629 Australians are registered with Centrelink under a code “separated under the one roof”.…
Top Tips for Creating Your Trade Mark
A trade mark can be a valuable asset for any business. Google’s trade mark, for example, is worth an estimated $167.7 billion, while Facebook’s trade mark, ranking only fifth, has an estimated value…
Using the PPSR to Protect Your Deposit
How PPSR usually works The most common use of the Personal Properties Securities Act 2009 (“PPSA”) is for entities to register a ‘security interest’ in property over which they have taken security…
Whistleblower Protection Laws
We have previously reported on the new whistleblower protection laws which came into operation on 1 July 2019 through the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Act 2019 (Cth).…
Insurers to be Barred from Using Unfair Contracts
As widely reported in the press, the Morrison Government is set to scrap exemptions to the rules against unfair contract terms for insurance companies acting on one of the 76 recommendations to come…
Draft Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2019
On 10 September 2019 the South Australian Government released the draft Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2019 for public consultation. A copy of the draft Bill can be found here:…
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