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On 12 November 2016, the Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Act 2015 (Cth) (Amendments) (‘the Act’), extends the existing unfair contract terms regime to include the new category of ‘small business contracts’. The extension of...
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‘What would you like for Father’s Day daddy” my seven-year-old asked. ‘We are tired of getting you the same boring old gifts.’ ‘It is very kind of you to ask but honestly there isn’t anything that I can think of offhand’ I replied. ‘How about we set up a family trust...
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Minimising Business Risk If we met at a conference and I began to start talking Cyclops with you (the subject not the language), I have little doubt that your first reaction would be to move away quickly, probably thinking ‘why on earth would someone be talking about...
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The Fair Work Commission has ruled that Dorevitch Pathology, a leading provider of workplace drug tests, unfairly sacked one of its employees earlier this year, when it dismissed her for refusing to take a drug test. The dismissal occurred after drug allegations were...
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‘Can we get sunflowers?’ asked my three-year-old daughter. ‘Can we?’ ‘I want to get tomato seeds’ demanded my seven-year-old who secretly wanted sunflowers but couldn’t bring herself to agree with her younger sister. ‘Easy guys’ I tried to explain. ‘We...
