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The Queensland Government has launched a review of the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994, examining how the legislation governs rights, obligations and dispute resolution for retail tenancies. This review comes amid significant growth in retail turnover, constrained floorspace, rising rental prices, and a dramatic increase in mediation applications—from 24 in 2021-22 to 305 in 2024-25.

Retrospective legislation relating to sunset dates in off-the-plan contracts of sale has come into effect in Victoria.

Clauses in a construction contract that set out a different regime for payment are not necessarily void.

The federal infrastructure plan aims to support economic recovery and new projects will unlock development opportunities.

A further draft is expected to be released in mid-2017, with the final version being published at the end of the year.

Many developers become complacent about their contract management at this time, with potentially disastrous consequences.

Both tenants and landlords should seek to add clauses that expressly prohibit the requirement of side deeds for leases.

From 10:30pm AEDT on Sunday, 29 March 2020, the threshold amounts which determine whether Foreign Investment Review Board approval is required for particular investments by foreign persons in Australia..

Further BCIPA amendments have been passed to answer stakeholder concerns regarding timeframes in construction contracts.

Fair value claims are sometimes available, even when there is no right to be paid under a construction contract.

Variations can be a helpful tool for owners & building contractors to make changes to the scope of works without risking termination.

Benefits have been reported in improved speed of property transactions and in the security and verification of contracts.

The NEC4 suite may be a preferred alternative to the AS4000 standard construction contracts currently used in Australia.

The contract could specifically deal with disputed invoices in a way that is consistent with the client's payment terms.

Applicants must sign an eligible contract to build a new home, to renovate an existing home or to buy one off-the-plan.

The Supreme Court of NSW has quashed an adjudication determination on the basis that the adjudicator's contractual interpretaton leading to its determination amounted to an error of law.

The UCT extension may end up becoming more challenging to small business developers intending to sell off-the-plan.