From 1 July 2017, all employees paid under a modern award or paid the national minimum wage will be entitled to a pay increase. ...
From 1 July 2017, all employees paid under a modern award or paid the national minimum wage will be entitled to a pay increase.
Competing claims to goods are common where there is an unpaid seller with alleged retention of title, the supplier’s customer has gone into external administration and the goods are in the possession of a transport or warehouse provider. Thrown into the mix may be an administrator or liquidator demanding possession
Competing claims to goods are common where there is an unpaid seller with alleged retention of title, the supplier’s customer has gone into external administration and the goods are in the possession of a transport or warehouse provider. Thrown into the mix may be an administrator or liquidator demanding possession
The transfer balance cap rules still apply to a pension that is a death benefit pension.
The recent case of M Webster Holdings Pty Limited (administrators appointed) v Specific Freight Pty Limited [2017] FCA 269 illustrates how a transport provider can become ‘the meat in the sandwich’ when a consignee of goods becomes insolvent.
After various media reports of tow truck operators engaging in unscrupulous practices, the Queensland government has announced a three-month inquiry into the tow truck industry to be headed by retired District Court Judge Michael Forde. The investigation will advise the Minister for Main Roads and Road Safety on various matters,
The Queensland Government has announced that it will introduce a new criminal offence of ‘negligence causing death’. This announcement follows an interim recommendation made by Tim Lyons, the Independent Reviewer responsible for the review into workplace health and safety in Queensland, commissioned in response to two tragic incidents in October
Heavy transport operators, together with all Australian businesses that consign, pack, load or receive goods that are transported by a heavy vehicle, need to be aware of the amendments to the chain of responsibility provisions in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) that are expected to commence in mid-2018.
An unpaid seller’s statutory right to reclaim goods in transit is called stoppage in transitu. Failing to comply with a notice of stoppage in transitu can have serious financial consequences for transport providers.
The transfer balance cap rules still apply to a pension that is a death benefit pension.
The Queensland Government has announced that it will introduce a new criminal offence of ‘negligence causing death’. This announcement follows an interim recommendation made by Tim Lyons, the Independent Reviewer responsible for the review into workplace health and safety in Queensland, commissioned in response to two tragic incidents in October
Heavy transport operators, together with all Australian businesses that consign, pack, load or receive goods that are transported by a heavy vehicle, need to be aware of the amendments to the chain of responsibility provisions in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) that are expected to commence in mid-2018.
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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