On 3 February 2014, Logan City Council released its new draft Logan Planning Scheme 2014.

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

The ABS has released the CPI figures for the June 2013 quarter - which will have implications for landlords and leases.

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

The article highlights key areas of interest for landlords, who should check leases to see if a CPI rent review is due.

In this Alert, Partner Meryl Snow and Solicitor Justin Raiteri highlight the key areas of interest for landlords.

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

This new Bill is the first step in the move towards the use of one document for the sale of residential property.

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.

This review was an opportunity to simplify a system that seems to become more complex every time it is reviewed.

Corporate governance has recently attracted much attention both in the domestic and international corporate arena and is set once again to receive further scrutiny after the Commonwealth Department of the Treasury released its Working Paper in March 2009.

The Corporations and Markets Advisory Commission (CAMAC) recently released its recommendations on a number of proposed changes to the operation of members’ schemes of arrangement.

The Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (Qld) has been amended to give qualified workplace OH&S representatives the power to issue Provisional Infringement Notices (PINs) for alleged breaches of the Act.

Queensland Government bans mining exploration within urban areas in south east Queensland.

ASIC announced on 21 January 2009 that its current ban on covered short sales of financial securities will continue until 6 March 2009. ASIC had previously advised that it would continue the current ban on covered short selling of financial securities until at least 27 January 2009.

Discusses the key changes to PPS legislation introduced in the PPS (Registration Commencement) Bill.

The Commonwealth Government has introduced legislation to amend the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act.

There is speculation in the mining and resources industry that the Henry tax review proposes, among other things, a ‘national resources rent tax’ to replace the current state-based mining royalties.

From this weekend, Facebook's 200 million users will be able to customise their profile URLs using actual names, rather than just the random URL identification numbers currently used.