QBCC to crack-down on building offences

Starting on the 1st of July 2015 stricter penalties will come into affect for contractors who commit building offences under the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 and/or the Domestic Building Contracts Act 2000. So what are the changes and what...

Guide for rental property owners

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has recently released the 2015 Rental Property Owners Guide. This contains a large amount of information relevant to investment owners including what income and expenses you have to declare on your tax return and what deductions you can...
Law Making in Brief: Who Makes our Laws?

Law Making in Brief: Who Makes our Laws?

Most Australians have an opinion about law-making, and leading from this generally have strong opinions on the parliamentary representatives in power when laws are passed. What many Australians don’t understand is the complex system from which our laws stem. In this...

An introduction to the PPSA

The PPSA or “Personal Property Securities Act 2009” deals with security interests in personal property and assets and allows a creditor to take security for the payment of a debt or obligation by registering an interest over an asset (more commonly known as a “charge”...