Article

The Queensland Department of Housing recently released its latest Regulatory Guideline (Guideline), dealing with the costs retirement village operators may charge former residents when reselling their units. While the Guideline provides useful clarification, one statement should be treated with caution, as it does not appear to be supported by its parent legislation.

Tasmanian Devils featured prominently in news headlines last week.  However, those were not the growling, screeching carnivorous marsupials that live in the forests of Tasmania, but rather a Hollywood cartoon character and several former and would-be AFL players who were at an impasse over the use of that name/mark. The reason for the consternation was

Two Queensland District Court decisions handed down in late February 2024 provide an opportunity to review the Court’s approach to considering liability in claims involving repetitive strain injuries. The judgment in Hunt v ALDI Foods Pty Limited trading as ALDI [2024] QDC 15 was delivered by Sheridan DCJ in the District Court of Brisbane on

As featured in the latest edition of the QHA Magazine More recently in my articles, and also at the recent QHA Symposium, I have been looking at some of the important aspects to be considered when being involved in a pub transaction. On the 20th September 1985, the Federal Government bought in the wonderful capital

Redundancy – an unfortunate yet (sometimes) necessary action. Simply put, redundancy is when a business no longer needs an employee’s role to be done by anyone. Despite how common the process is, businesses aren’t always aware of their obligations under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act). Failure to comply gives rise to significant

This morning the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published private sector employer gender pay gaps in accordance with recent legislative reforms. Australian private sector employers with 100 or more employees must report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) on six Gender Equality Indicators each year by law.  The gender equality indicators are: gender composition

Generative AI tools such as Chat GPT are already widely implemented throughout most organisations. However, the majority of businesses have not properly considered the risks involved or implemented any protocols regarding the use of AI. A recent Deloitte survey found: Most respondents are now frequent users of AI programmes in the workplace, with many stating

With the steep increase in population growth and housing demand that we have seen in recent years, the volume of “off the plan” property transactions is unlikely to decrease any time soon.

As featured in the latest edition of Bowler Magazine I mentioned in my previous article that many clients ask me how they can progress a pub transaction with convenience and ease. Once the parties have entered into a short form heads of agreement which outlines the fundamental commercial terms of the deal, the next step