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Privacy Compliance Checklist
Privacy Awareness Week starts on 13 May 2018. To celebrate, Gadens shares its tips on what to include
No Jab, No Play requirements tightened
The Victorian Government has tightened the “No Jab, No Play” laws by banning early childhood services from accepting
Possession remains only 9/10ths of the law post PPSA
Since the commencement of the Personal Property Securities Act in January 2012 (PPS Act) there appears to have
A “Sandwich” Short of a Picnic
The Trade Marks Office’s recent decision to register the sandwich inventor’s name as a trade mark has given
Are you ready for the GST withholding regime?
Changes to the payment of GST on new residential property are due to take effect from 1 July
Use of electronic signatures
Most documents used in day-to-day business can be signed electronically in Australia. The Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000
Family and Domestic Violence Leave
As a part of the four yearly review into modern awards, a Full Bench of the Fair Work
Government quashes MIT concessions for foreign investors in major Easter-eve crackdown
The cost of capital for new investment in Australian infrastructure and much of the property sector will increase
Unannounced re-accreditation visits, reports and responses
What has changed? Following the release of the independent review of the National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes
Ipso facto reforms – Can I enforce my contractual rights?
Ipso facto clauses are contractual provisions that allow a party to terminate or modify a contract on the
AFCA to be receiving disputes by 1 November 2018
In May 2017, Professor Ian Ramsay’s final report of the Review of the financial system external dispute resolution
Long Overdue: Review of Family Law System gets underway
The second stage of the Federal Government’s Family Law review commenced on 14 March 2018 with the release
