After heavy rainfall earlier this year, the Sunshine Coast Airport is considering building a pipeline to pump 125 million litres of PFAS-contaminated water from the airport into the ocean at ...
After heavy rainfall earlier this year, the Sunshine Coast Airport is considering building a pipeline to pump 125 million litres of PFAS-contaminated water from the airport into the ocean at Marcoola. Such a proposal is a timely reminder to the fishery and tourism industries of the potential dangers that these
The commercial debt forgiveness rules are designed to cancel out any ‘gain’ that a person makes when a commercial debt that they owe is forgiven.
Executors facing unforeseen difficulties in selling an estate property within two years of the date of death are now protected by the Commissioner’s safe harbour rules.
In Davies v Whitehaven Coal Mining Ltd [2019] NSW SC 1125, a mining company successfully defended a high quantum slip and fall claim by an underground miner.
In Deanne King v Workers’ Compensation Regulator [2019] QIRC 134, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) allowed a worker to lead ‘similar fact evidence’ in support of an appeal.
There have been two recent cases in the Supreme Court of New South Wales that reinforce the importance of documenting agreements between family members to avoid disputes later on.
In this case, Mr Damon settled the claim with the defendants on the morning of trial. However, the trial proceeded to decide the apportionment between each of the defendants.
A Mobicon at a distribution centre operated by Spotlight Pty Ltd ran over a truck driver who had been knocked to the ground by a container straddle carrier. The man sustained several serious injuries.
An unnamed food and catering business pleaded guilty to contravening the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to provide a safe system of work, which exposed a young teenage worker to a hazardous cleaning product.
On 24 May 2018, the Government first introduced a 12-month superannuation guarantee amnesty. The relevant Bill failed to pass the Senate and then lapsed when the federal election was called on 11 April 2019.
The High Court has refused to grant the ATO special leave to appeal the Full Federal Court’s decision in Harding v Commissioner of Taxation [2019] FCAFC 29. The effect is that the Full Federal Court decision stands.
In the recent decision of ASIC v Vocation Limited (In Liquidation) [2019] FCA 807, the Federal Court found three directors personally liable under section 180 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for allowing Vocation Limited to breach its statutory obligations as an ASX listed entity.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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