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Customer Gone Into Liquidation? What Can Your Business Recover?
Written by: Eloise Turnbull, Associate Solicitor, Litigation, and John Greenhalgh, Solicitor Director (Updated: 5 November 2026) Understanding your rights as a trade creditor, the prospects of recovering unpaid invoices and the options available when a customer...
How Much Does a Lawyer Charge for a Phone Call in Queensland?
Written by: John Greenhalgh, Director, Family Law (Updated: 3 November 2026) Do Lawyers Charge for Every Phone Call? Understanding Family Law Fees and Fixed-Fee Alternatives Worried about being charged every time you call your family lawyer? Discover how traditional...
Director ID Requirements for Company Directors: What to Do Before 1 July 2027
Written by: Damon Jones, Accounting & Tax (Updated: 13 October 2026) A practical guide to upcoming ASIC reporting changes, retrieving your 15-digit identifier, and resolving record mismatches. Many corporate officers believe ASIC already holds their director...
Security of Payment Adjudication in Queensland: Seeking Recovery of Unpaid Claims
Written by: Jesse McCrea, Litigation (Updated: 6th October 2026) Greenhalgh Pickard’s Litigation team recently achieved a successful outcome for an electrical subcontractor in a Queensland security of payment adjudication concerning unpaid residential construction...
Preparing for the Non-Compete Ban Australia: Guide for Employers
Written by: Eloise Turnbull, Associate Solicitor, Employment Law (Updated: 15 September 2026) Understand the 2026 draft legislation banning restraints of trade and how to protect your business interests. For decades, employers have relied on restrictive covenants to...
The Proposed Electric Vehicle FBT Exemption Timeline for Businesses
Written by: Damon Jones, Accounting & Tax (Updated: 17 September 2026) Navigating the draft legislation, phase-out periods, and compliance requirements for employer-provided electric cars. For employers across the Sunshine Coast and beyond, providing an electric...
Superannuation splitting in a divorce or separation: how it works in QLD
Written by: Rachel Bedingfeld, Family Lawyer [Published: 9/9/26] Superannuation generally counts as property in a Queensland property settlement, so it can be divided between you and your former partner after separation or divorce. There is no automatic 50/50 split...
Are card surcharges being banned in Australia?
Written by: Damon Jones (Updated: 03/09/2026) If your business currently charges customers a fee to pay by card, that ends on 1 October 2026. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has confirmed the card surcharge ban and the direction to payment providers has already...
Tax Implications of Selling a Business
Written by: Lizl Pretorius [Published: 02/09/2026] How to navigate capital gains tax, GST going concern rules, and ATO final lodgments when exiting your Queensland business. Ideally the selling of your business should be the rewarding finale of years of hard work, but...
Sunset Clauses and Risks When Buying Off the Plan in Queensland
Written by: David Rule, Conveyancing [Published 25/08/2026] Learn how off-the-plan timelines, deposits and sunset clauses work, including Queensland laws that restrict some developer terminations. Buying off the plan in Queensland means committing to a property before...
Why we are now required to ask you for ID
Written by: John Greenhalgh, Legal & Accounting (Updated: 10 July 2026) From 1 July 2026, Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws now apply to lawyers, conveyancers, accountants and other professional service providers for certain...
Minimum Wage Increase 2026: What Australian Employers Need to Know
Written by: Eloise Turnbull (Updated: 06/07/2026) The Fair Work Commission has confirmed a 4.75% increase to minimum modern award wages, and a larger increase to the National Minimum Wage, both effective from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026....
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