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Farm Succession Planning Checklist

FARM SUCCESSION PLANNING CHECKLIST Succession planning for a farm is crucial for ensuring the smooth transition of ownership and management to the next generation or successor. Here’s a...

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Caravan Park Operators On Notice

The Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 No 97 has just been amended to give caravan park residents more rights.     New rules of conduct for caravan park...

Natural or Legal Disaster? When a determination is not a determination and the wheels of justice are slow to turn.

Usually, an expert’s determination expressed to be binding and non-appealable is just that – final. However, the New South Wales Court of Appeal declared an expert’s determination...

New anti-bullying policy no defence: same culture, same consequence.

A new anti-bullying policy did not stay the hand of Deputy President Wells of the Fair Work Commission (FWC), who made an order to stop bullying under section 789FC of the Fair Work Act 2009. Bullying...

High Income Threshold and Compensation Cap for Unfair Dismissal Applications – 1 July 2015

The Unfair Dismissal High Income Threshold is $136,700.00 and the maximum amount of compensation that can be awarded is $68,350.00. From 1 July 2015, the High Income Threshold increased from...

Buying a property with quality defects – what are your rights?

Imagine moving into your newly purchased property only to discover a few months later that your dream home has a devastating termite infestation.  What can you do about it? It might shock...

Employer gets access to Employee email and iphone

The Federal Circuit Court has ordered an ex-employee of International Warehousing Distribution Pty Ltd (“International Warehousing”) to submit his personal Gmail account, iPhone and iPad...