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Hope for Hemp Industry Stakeholders – final decision on the scheduling of...
Fervent advocacy by Mills Oakley partner, Dr Teresa Nicoletti, has stalled a final decision on the scheduling of cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinols, to allow more careful consideration and...
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Industry Focus – Turning choice into opportunity
Joining the likes of Uber, Airbnb and Deliveroo in fiercely competitive service industries is an unlikely new sector. Due to reforms that came into effect on 27 February 2017, the aged care sector in...
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MOving Ahead March 2017
By Luke Hooper, Special Counsel Welcome to the March edition of MOving Ahead! This publication is filled with legal and regulatory developments designed to help super trustees meet the challenge of...
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Mills Oakley Corporate Advisory – competition law update (March 2017) Misuse...
By Mick Coleman, Partner, Corporate Advisory Competition reforms before parliament will prohibit conduct with anti-competitive effect. They have been amended to remove the requirement to consider...
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New study investigates not-for-profit mergers as a strategy for success
By Clement Ngai, Paralegal “In 88% of the mergers, participants felt that the post-merger organisation was better off than the acquiring or acquired organisation” Mergers can be a powerful strategy...
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The Fair Work Ombudsman is pursuing directors, HR managers, contractors and...
By Lisa Anaf, Partner In the last 12 months we have seen an significant increase in the Fair Work Ombudsman’s efforts to pursue directors and managers (including HR and payroll managers) for their...
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Accessorial Liability for Company Acts – Are you Indemnified?
By Andrew Crean, Special Counsel It is well understood that under the Corporations Act (Cth) 2001 (Corporations Act) and general law principles, a director or officer owes a range of fiduciary...
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Farm Management Grants are now available for Succession Planning Advice
Farm Management Grants to assist eligible Queensland primary producers or their relatives with succession planning advice are available from 23 March 2017. The grants provide a rebate of 50% of the...
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MOving Ahead April 2017
By Luke Hooper, Special Counsel Welcome to the April edition of MOving Ahead! This publication is filled with legal and regulatory developments designed to help super trustees meet the challenge of...
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Hemp-based foods to be legalised in Australia
Ministers have approved a decision by the food regulator to permit the sale in Australia of foods made from low-THC hemp seeds and hemp seed oil – however, other legal hurdles remain. Partner, Dr...
View ArticleDr Teresa Nicoletti named Health Partner of the Year
Mills Oakley partner Dr Teresa Nicoletti has been named Health Partner of the Year at the 2017 Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards, held in Sydney last Friday. To read more, click here.
View Article2017 Victorian Budget Property Tax Announcements
The current government has made more changes to property taxes than any other in recent history. The headline figures are of a massively increasing property tax take. To read more, click here.
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Federal Budget Measures
By Tom Cantwell, Partner GST and residential property transactions 1 July 2018 GST is currently payable on newly constructed residential properties. This is ordinarily paid by the purchaser to the...
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In Light of Recent Events, is Your Member Register Safe?
By John Vaughan-Williams, Lawyer CPA Australia’s recent, legally mandated, release of its member register has gained significant news coverage. As a result, your not-for-profit organisation may be...
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2017/18 Federal Budget implications on the Property Industry
By Andrew Logan, Partner, Patrick Thaung, Partner and Mitchell Spurge, Senior Associate With the announcement of the 2017/18 Federal Budget, Mills Oakley has taken the opportunity to analyse and...
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The rise of the “Non-Participating Group Member” creating degrees of...
By Stuart Walter, Partner The inclusion of a sub-class of “non-participating” group members and how that group is dealt with has arisen as a key consideration in whether to approve a number of...
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Foreign Investment Changes Announced in the 2017-18 Australian Federal Budget
By Robin Lonergan, Special Counsel Changes to foreign investment in real estate were announced in the 2017-18 Australian Federal Budget. The most significant changes for foreign investors being...
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Step Children of De facto Couples Entitled to Make Claims on Estates
By Troy Palmer, Special Counsel, Scott Colvin, Law Graduate Last week, the Victorian Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a 2016 decision of the Supreme Court concerning the ability of...
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Voluntary Euthanasia in New South Wales: Draft legislation to be considered...
Prompted by the draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 (NSW), New South Wales is preparing to tackle growing community demands for end-of-life legislation in the coming months. Partner, Dr Teresa...
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MOving Ahead May 2017
By Luke Hooper, Special Counsel Welcome to the May edition of MOving Ahead! This publication is filled with legal and regulatory developments designed to help super fund trustees meet the challenge of...
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