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Who is an employee for superannuation guarantee purposes after decisions in Personnel Contracting and Jamsek?

Federal Court applies recent High Court decisions to find that a person who provided teaching services to a higher education provider was an employee for superannuation guarantee purposes.

Beware of unfair or prejudicial contract provisions

Whether you are a supplier or a customer, here are some tips about contract clauses to watch out for.

Supporting First Nations Artists in the Northern Territory

"Broad-brush" approach to adopted charges for working out the cost of extra demand placed on trunk infrastructure networks upheld by the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland

The case of Allen-Co Holdings Pty Ltd v Gympie Regional Council [2021] QPEC 64 concerned an appeal to be the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland against an infrastructure charges notice.

Need for a new local centre outweighs requirements that development be "small scale" and service the "local community" in a remitted planning appeal in the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland

The case of Fabcot Pty Ltd v Cairns Regional Council & Ors (No. 3) [2022] QPEC 12 concerned a rehearing in the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland.

Supporting First Nations Artists in the Northern Territory