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The Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2021 (WA) (Act) signifies the harmonising of security of payment legislation in Western Australia with the “East Coast” model, and...
On 18 March 2021, the Commonwealth Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, Keith Pitt, announced the opening of the $50 million Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program.
In early February the Victorian Government announced that a new, $10 million hydrogen hub would be constructed in Melbourne’s south east.
Governments and businesses around the world are dealing with a new paradigm and greater uncertainty in the face of COVID-19.
The status of power of attorney clauses and “step-in rights” provisions under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA) remains an issue.
This brochure provides global investors a practical and quick overview about real estate investments in Australia, which includes answers to some of their commonly asked questions.
Back in June 2017 we examined the final report of the Government’s review of the design and operation of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) (the Callaghan Review). Following the Government’s...
Queensland’s Environmental Protection Act (Section 421) requires a vendor of land recorded on the Environmental Management Register to give notice to a potential purchaser prior to signing any...
The new Act has far-reaching consequences for almost all members of the QLD construction community. Head contractors should familiarise themselves with the new requirements, particularly in...
JWS has successfully encouraged a Court decision to strike a balance between a legislative intention and an overall objective to maximise the return for creditors and any return to shareholders.
Good design is critical to the overall success of any complex engineering or construction project. Sophisticated designs can produce a host of economic, environmental or social benefits, including...
The Probuild decision is likely to undermine the objective of the Security of Payment Act to provide a means of quickly and relatively inexpensively resolving disputes in relation to progress...
On 19 May 2015, the Building Queensland Bill 2015 (Qld) (Bill) was introduced to the Queensland Parliament. The Bill establishes Building Queensland, a new independent statutory body to assist the...
This update covers a range of important developments in Australia and overseas in the area of foreign bribery policy, investigations and regulation to December 2014. These developments will impact...
The Takeovers Panel has updated its guidance on preparing bidder's statements and target's statements, and this guidance is less prescriptive than the approach the Panel put forward in an earlier...
Recent amendments to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) are intended to ensure that section 50 of the CCA applies to "creeping acquisitions", and will provide legislative support to the...
In Crescent Gold [2011] ATP 14, the Takeovers Panel has dealt with a thorny takeovers issue, that has has been troubling market participants for over a decade. This decision should be persuasive...
After a number of initial delays, the Attorney General has now issued a determination that the PPSA will 'go live' on 30 January 2012. This means that the final countdown has started for you to...
The Government appointed a Policy Transition Group (PTG) to develop the detailed technical design of the new taxes. The PTG provided its report to Government in December 2010, making...
In the August 2010 edition of Acumen, we outlined the key features of the new Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (SA). It was anticipated that the Act would come into...
As foreshadowed in the December 2010 edition of Acumen, on 21 March 2011 the UK Takeover Panel Code Committee issued a Consultation Paper on a number of proposed amendments to The Takeover Code...
ASIC's victory in the Full Federal Court in ASIC v Fortescue1 fell short of being resounding. Two of the judges (Keane CJ and Emmett J) queried whether it was worth ASIC's effort given there was no
As part of the Commonwealth Budget 2010-11, the Assistant Treasurer announced the Government...s intention to enact legislation to apply a ...look-through... capital gains tax (CGT) treatment for...
In Independent Cement and Lime Pty Ltd v Brick and Block Company Ltd (in liquidation) (receivers & managers appointed) [2010] FCA 352, Justice Finkelstein considered the duty of voluntary...