Update: Land Tax Changes Have Been Scrapped The planned changes to the Queensland land tax regime highlighted in the article below have been scrapped by the Queensland Premier in an ...
Update: Land Tax Changes Have Been Scrapped The planned changes to the Queensland land tax regime highlighted in the article below have been scrapped by the Queensland Premier in an ...
With impending changes to the Queensland land tax regime, deductions for site improvements can be an effective tool for landowners and developers in managing land tax rates and liabilities. Changes ...
Update: Land Tax Changes Have Been Scrapped The planned changes to the Queensland land tax regime highlighted in the article below have been scrapped by the Queensland Premier in an announcement made on 30 September 2022. We will provide further updates as they become available. Queensland’s land tax hike is
With impending changes to the Queensland land tax regime, deductions for site improvements can be an effective tool for landowners and developers in managing land tax rates and liabilities. Changes to land tax assessment in Queensland Queensland has introduced amendments to the land tax regime extending the basis for land
The deadline to obtain a director identification number is looming.
The Queensland Government has made important changes to vegetation mapping to include the most recent Queensland Herbarium scientific updates. This may affect your ability to clear vegetation.
In this case, former Linc Energy executives were charged with offences against Queensland’s Environmental Protection Act 1994 after a Linc Energy underground coal gasification project near Chinchilla caused serious environmental harm. The Court of Appeal decision in R v Dumble has implications for executive officer liability in environmental harm offences
Existing Australian domain name registrants will lose their priority access to apply for the new ‘.au’ domain as of 21 September 2022, with the domains then available to the public at large.
A development approval is a significant step on the path to developing land. However, it is a mistake to assume further regulatory requirements are mere formalities. Increasingly, additional assessments and legal obligations are impacting land use including whether, when, and in what form, development can proceed.
The Federal Government has announced a new biodiversity certification and trading scheme, with the stated aim to increase native habitat and support Australian landholders.
The Supreme Court of Queensland has clarified how the workers’ compensation state of connection test operates. This potentially has significant ramifications for employers and insurers where employees are working across multiple states or territories.
A biosecurity outbreak is one of the few events that has the power to cripple industries overnight. As we have seen with COVID, if not prevented or rapidly addressed, an outbreak can threaten human health and industry profitability, and the impact can go beyond the industry involved, with flow-on effects
Over the past year, the world has seen the prices of many cryptocurrencies fall sharply. This has resulted in investors, traders and businesses crystallising losses or having unrealised losses on their books.
The decision of the Queensland Supreme Court in Re Permewan (No 2) that a gift and loan back arrangement was invalid and unenforceable raises many questions for advisers and clients, including whether the gift and loan back is still a viable asset protection and estate planning strategy.
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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