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FIRST SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION UNDER QUEENSLAND LABOUR HIRE LAWS
In an Australian-first, on 28 June 2019 a Queensland magistrate found A & J Group Services Pty Ltd (A & J) guilty of operating without a licence under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (Qld) (Act) and fined the company $60,000.A & J had...
ANTI-COMPETITIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ARRANGEMENTS
Businesses with any significant intellectual property arrangements with third parties will, from 13 September 2019, need to ensure such arrangements do not have an anti-competitive effect. The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (Act) is amended...
SIGNIFICANT HIGH COURT DECISION
Yesterday, the High Court of Australia handed down a significant decision concerning the payment of priority debts out of trust assets where those trust assets are held by an insolvent corporate trustee.The High Court unanimously held that the priority regime existing...
Changes to ASX Listing Rules Deferred from 1 July 2019 to 1 December 2019
Reforms to the ASX Listing Rules were due to come into effect on 1 July 2019. The ASX has announced that the implementation of the amended ASX Listing Rules will now come into effect on 1 December 2019. The proposed changes which were due to form part of the ASX...