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Recent cases show how important it is that employers pay their employees their proper entitlements, whether under the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard, an Award, certified or collective agreement or Australian Workplace Agreement. With the Office of Workplace Services (OWS) actively campaigning and targeting particular industries, there is no better time for employers to 'review the books' and ensure that they are paying all employees their lawful entitlements.

The Alert analyses key amendments to the infrastructure charging and planning provisions of the Sustainable Planning Act.

The article provides a précis of some of the key corporate law and corporate finance developments in Australia in 2015.

Licensees and staff must not knowingly admit persons with prohibited items (such as outlaw motorcycle gang "colours").

The launch of a national inquiry has followed a national survey into age discrimination within the workplace by the AHRC.

The bill aims to reduce the regulatory burden for resources companies when accessing, diverting or disposing of water.

Many business owners invest significant amounts in developing intellectual property that they use in their business.

It is inequitable if the community does not contribute to these offsets, but expects new participants to bear the cost.

This Policy requires developers to be more active in the provision of telecommunication services in new developments.

In two recent decisions, Courts have protected the business interests of employers by awarding damages against former employees who misused confidential information and intellectual property during, or after the end of their employment. In one case, damages were awarded in the amount of $212,000.

The Federal Government has introduced legislation which may render certain provisions in "off-the-plan" sale contracts and other land sale agreements (such as retirement village contracts and manufactured homes site agreements) void because they are "unfair".

Parties who litigate in the Court need to be aware that the general rule is no longer that parties bear their own costs.

After a number of false starts under the previous government, at 9:01am on 25 June 2008 Federal Attorney-General Robert McCelland introduced a Bill to amend the Family Law Act 1975 to bring de facto financial matters under the same jurisdiction as marriages.

In April 2009, the Federal Government stunned the ITC industry with its announcement that it will establish a new company that will invest up to $43 billion over eight years to build and operate a National Broadband Network.

The adopted infrastructure charges notice (AICN) regime was introduced to limit the growth of infrastructure charges.

This article summarises the requirements under the CPRS Bill to be entitled to free Australian emissions units for eligible reforestation projects.

The case shows what can go wrong when a global company acquires a local listing without full and proper due diligence.