Member Articles

The Albanese Government’s latest amendments to the Fair Work Act propose important changes in relation to casual employment, independent contracting, labour hire, liability for underpaying workers, and trade union dele ...

Construction contracts are often encyclopaedic, imposing extensive obligations upon contractors. Typically, several indemnity clauses are also included, occasionally with at least one party labouring under a misapprehens ...

On 5 September 2023, the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 (Bill) was finally passed by both Houses of Parliament, meaning that the long-awaited Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) is poised to become Australia ...

Australia’s journey towards digital asset regulation has had hops forward and slips back, with a brief recap including: In 2018, an early hop on the world with one of the first AML/CTF laws applying to centralised e ...

The annual superannuation performance test has shone a light on poor performance in the MySuper segment since its introduction in 2021. Now the Choice segment is under the spotlight as more than one in 10 trustee-directe ...

U.S. taxpayers will continue to receive favorable treatment under the U.S. income tax treaties with Denmark, Luxembourg, Malta and Mexico. On July 31, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published competent authorit ...