Trade promotions update: when & where is a permit needed + permit fees
Here is an overview of 2017 permit requirements and fees, for chance trade promotions lotteries. For full size image click here.
ReadmoreEnforcement orders issued to remedy significant risks posed by unlawful carport and photovoltaic solar panels structures
Gold Coast City Council v Bush & Anor – What’s the case about? The Planning and Environment Court delivered a decision in the case of Gold Coast City Council v Bush & anor [2017] QPEC 29 which involved an application made by Gold Coast City Council to the Court seeking an enforcement order under section 604 […]
ReadmoreApproval of an extension request for multiple unit residential development – consistent with current planning scheme and sufficient community awareness
Lake Maroona Pty Ltd v Gladstone Regional Council – What’s the case about? The Planning and Environment Court of Queensland delivered a decision in the case of Lake Maroona Pty Ltd v Gladstone Regional Council [2017] QPEC 25 which involved an appeal by Lake Maroona against the Gladstone Regional Council’s refusal of a request for […]
ReadmoreLand use code can still be incorporated to rating category description even though it is not approved by resolution
Ugarin Pty Ltd v Lockyer Valley Regional Council – What’s the case about? The Supreme Court of Queensland delivered a decision in the case of Ugarin Pty Ltd v Lockyer Valley Regional Council [2017] QSC 122 which involved a judicial review challenge by Ugarin Pty Ltd against the Lockyer Valley Regional Council’s decision relating to differential […]
Readmore3 residential towers approved on former ABC site despite significant conflicts with planning scheme
The Planning and Environment Court delivered a decision in the case of Bell v Brisbane City Council & Ors [2017] QPEC 26 which involved an appeal commenced by a submitter Kate Bell against the Council’s decision to approve, subject to conditions, a development application made by Sunland Developments No. 8 Pty Ltd. The development application […]
ReadmoreCommercial Building Disclosure – threshold halves from 1 July 2017 – Are you ready?
From 1 July 2017, the threshold for the compulsory Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) of an office building’s energy efficiency will reduce from 2,000m2 to 1,000m2. The legislation, which commenced in 2010, requires most owners of office buildings to have a current building energy efficiency certificate (BEEC) before offering to sell or lease their property. The […]
ReadmoreLandlords again prevented from recovering Land Tax under pre-30 June 2009 commercial leases
On 16 June 2017, the Queensland Government passed changes to the Land Tax Act 2010 (Qld) dealing with a landlord’s right to recover land tax from tenants. The changes are a reversal of the decision in late 2016 in Vikpro Pty Ltd v Wyuna Court Pty Ltd ATF Wyuna Court Unit Trust [2016] QCA 225 […]
ReadmoreAre you ready for the new Superannuation laws to take effect on 1 July 2017?
The proposed changes are very complex as is evidenced by the colossal amount of explanatory material, compliance guidelines and legislation which the government has issued since the changes were announced. How do the changes affect me? The most significant change is the imposition of a transfer balance cap (TBC), which will impose a $1.6 […]
ReadmoreReportable conduct scheme – Principals obliged to ensure School policies are compliant
From 1 July 2017 school Principals will be obliged to ensure compliance with the Reportable Conduct Scheme introduced by amendments to the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005. The Scheme will be administered by the Commission for Children and Young People, including by overseeing investigations or conducting investigations itself. School Principals will be obliged to […]
ReadmoreIncrease in preventable deaths in aged care
A study conducted by Monash University and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine has revealed an alarming rise in the number of premature and potentially preventable deaths occurring in Australian nursing homes over the past decade1 . The study The study, led by Professor Joseph Ibrahim, head of the Health Law and Ageing Research […]
ReadmoreAlignment with the National Mortgage Form
In the last 12 months there have been changes to the processes for each land registry across Australia (collectively referred to as the Land Registry) to accommodate e-settlements as we move towards an ‘alignment’ of forms and procedures across all jurisdictions. The process of aligning all jurisdictions to using a uniform set of forms and […]
ReadmoreObjection to an expansion of issues in dispute results in an adverse costs order
The Planning and Environment Court in LMRM Pty Ltd v BrisbanCity Council [2017] QPEC 7 made an order that LMRM Pty Ltd pay the Brisbane City Council’s costs of and incidental to its application to expand the issues in dispute in the appeal, on a standard basis. The appeal related to the Council’s decision to refuse […]
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