Urgent – Review your Contracts for Unfair Contract Terms

The Australian Consumer Law will protect small businesses from unfair terms in standard form contracts. What contracts are covered? The law applies to standard form contracts entered into or renewed on or after 12 November 2016, where: it is for the supply of goods or...

How to prepare for rising interest rates

Rising Rates Interest rates have been low for so long it’s tempting to think low rates are the new normal. So when the Reserve Bank suggests that a cash rate of 3.5 per cent is the new ‘neutral’, people take notice. Even the Prime Minister warned Australian...

Intimate Image Abuse now a Crime

New Criminal Offences Attorney General Mark Speakman recently announced the commencement of new criminal offences to protect victims from intimate image abuse. Perpetrators now face a maximum sentence of three years jail and an $11,000 fine. Mr Speakman said the new...