Employers and business owners take note – from 1 July 2023: the national Minimum Wage will be increased to $882.80 per week or $23.23 per hour; and a 5.75% increase to minimum award wages will come into effect. This increase applies from the first full pay...
Minimum housing standards will come into effect for new tenancies from 1 September 2023, and for all tenancies from 1 September 2024. Minimum housing standards specify that rental properties must: be weatherproof and structurally sound be in good repair, with fixtures...
A recent Qld Supreme Court decision heralds the iWill. A Will written on an iPhone has been declared valid and probate was granted to the executor named in the Will. This is despite the iWill not being witnessed or physically signed by the deceased. Lyons J held...
The “Ice Bucket Challenge” for Lou Gehrig’s disease has gone viral. The challenge has raised an estimated $100 million for the non-profit Association ALS. Not only is this a financial success story but it has raised the disease from near obscurity: most people had...
A Linfox Driver wrote on his Facebook (please excuse the language): “I admire any creature that has the capacity to rip Nina and Assaf’s heads off, sh*% down their throats and then chew up and spit out their lifeless body” He was referring to his Linfox managers. He...
Example of the need for a trademark A business who trades under a name and logo but does not register that as a trade mark may be required to stop using that name and log if another registers it. Trademarking not only protects your intellectual property but it...
