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Purchasing & Buying Your Next Private Rooms

Vicki Yeung, Senior Associate at Hillhouse, shares key considerations, legal tips, and common pitfalls to avoid when deciding to buy or lease medical […]

Privacy Awareness Week (6-12 May 2024) – What You Need To Consider

It’s Privacy Awareness Week (6-12 May 2024), which makes NOW a great time for businesses to review their privacy practices.  The theme for […]

Family Office Legal Services: Closing The Gate Before The Horse Has Bolted

Wealthy individuals and family groups face inherent complexity as their wealth increases and their family continually grows and changes. Family office legal considerations […]

Further Employment Law Changes In 2024 Including The Right To Disconnect And An Enshrined Definition Of Employment

You may have read our article ‘2024 – Some Changes to Employment Law’ in which we detailed some of the amendments that were […]

Updated QRO Public Ruling Provides Further Clarification On Payroll Tax For Medical Centres

In our previous article we discussed the revised Public Ruling issued by the Queensland Revenue Office (QRO) in September 2023. This clarified that if assigned […]

ATO’s 80/20 Rule And Other Issues To Consider When Engaging Contractors

It is common for mining and resources businesses to engage workers as contractors. While on the surface it appears straightforward, the ATO’s 80/20 […]

Are You Paying Your Employees Correctly On Leap Days And Daylight Savings Days?

Leap Years and Hourly Rates Modern awards and the National Employment Standards prescribe minimum hourly rates for Australian employees. If an employee is […]

2024 – Some Changes To Employment Law

Employment Law is ever changing. 2024 brings further changes to the legal obligations of employers when employing people.  This article briefly outlines some […]

The Future of Privacy Law in Australia – The Commonwealth Government’s Response to the Privacy Act Review Report

[Article originally published 12.12.23 and was reuploaded due to technical issues.] On 28 September 2023 the Commonwealth Government released its response to the Privacy […]

Recovery Of Overpayment From Employees – A Strategic Guide For Employers.

What happens in circumstances where an employee is inadvertently overpaid? Naturally the first thought may be to simply deduct the overpayment from the […]

Being Proactive with Corporate Structures and Commercial Leasing

Craig Hong, Director at Hillhouse, speaks with Phillip Di Bella from the Coffee Commune about the critical importance of comprehending laws and potential […]

QRO Releases New Information for GPs Regarding the Payroll Tax Amnesty

Medical practices are reminded that if they wish to apply for the contracted General Practitioner (GP) payroll tax amnesty they have until 29 September 2023 to complete an Expression […]

Flexible Work Arrangements Are Here To Stay

Robert Lamb discuses recent changes to the Fair Work Act regarding flexible work arrangements which are now an integral part of Australian work places.

Video wills and other estate planning considerations

Robert Lamb, Anna Huang & Tracy Pratt explore video Wills and discusses the challenges to consider.

2023 Minimum Wage Increase: Implications and Key Considerations for Employers

John Davies discusses the increases to the Australian National Minimum Wage and Modern Award wages taking effect from from 1 July 2023