The Government's delayed and much maligned emissions trading scheme is firmly back on the agenda after a joint announcement with the Australian Greens earlier today. In what it billed an "essential economic reform", the Government has proposed a two-stage mechanism that will impose an initial fixed price on carbon from 1 July 2012, before transitioning towards an emissions trading scheme within three to five years.

Concerns in respect of parenting capacity and alleged substance misuse are relevant when deciding parenting arrangements.

The draft ruling reverses the ATO's view in relation to distributing cash or property as part of a family court order,.

While the objects of the local law are supported, its methodology is considered indiscriminate, inefficient and unfair.

Compensation cannot include an increase in value which is entirely due to the scheme underlying the acquisition.

Proposed amendments to the anti avoidance rules under Part IVA could render around 30 years of jurisprudence obsolete.

On 1 March 2017, the PPS Leases Bill 2017 was tabled in the House of Representatives.

The revised Enforcement Guidelines have been updated to provide clarity with respect to the recording of EHP convictions.

This decision highlights areas where conflicts can arise in a commercial transaction involving multiple secured parties.

The basis of the Councils' challenge focused on an allegation that there had been a denial of procedural fairness.

The Alert discusses the key factors in the employer's liability exposure and in the plaintiff's contributory negligence.

What happens when a corporate entity makes a claim for loss of services of an injured person integral to its operations?

The decision is particularly instructive to local governments about responsibility to assess development applications.

In this quarterly Alert, Meryl Snow and Craig Willey highlight the key areas of interest for landlords and tenants.

Disturbance can be used to refer to the economic loss that a dispossessed owner suffers when required to vacate his land.

This case highlighted the importance for lessors of plant, equipment or other goods to get PPSR registrations correct.

In this quarterly Alert, Meryl Snow and Craig Willey highlight the key areas of interest for landlords and tenants.

In this quarterly Alert, Meryl Snow and Craig Willey highlight the key areas of interest for landlords and tenants.

These reforms introduce greater protection for WA developers and purchasers when entering into land presale contracts.

The Alert provides an outline of these new tax disclosure laws, which may discourage aggressive tax avoidance practices.