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Agency arrangements alright - ANZ and Flight Centre succeed in appeals
Insight 31 Jul 2015

The Full Federal Court today handed down its decisions in two high-profile appeals in relation to ANZ and Flight Centre Both cases dealt with the issue of distribution arrangements and price fixing Partner Carolyn Oddie and Associate Theodore Souris look at the implications for business ...

ASIC clamps down on SMSF advice
Insight 25 Jul 2015

ASIC has outlined its expectations for financial advice where the client is advised to set up a self-managed superannuation fund ASIC has done so in two publications released yesterday - one deals with the risks associated with SMSFs information sheet 205 and the other with the costs information ...

Fact sheet: Growing your team: working with interns in your startup
Insight 28 Jul 2015

Many startups look to grow their team by engaging interns work experience students and other unpaid workers ...

Tip sheet: Big data - How to get the most out of your data
Insight 23 Jul 2015

Big data is becoming a significant corporate asset a huge competitive advantage and the foundation of new business models ...

APRA's assessment of life insurers: 'must try harder'
Insight 03 Jul 2015

As an institution APRA can be partial to bureaucratese As keen readers of APRAs writings we sometimes find ourselves asking ndash what is APRA really saying here And that is a question worth asking when reading APRAs recent letter to life companies setting out its concerns with group insurance ...

Withholding tax on the sale of Australian property by foreign residents exposure draft legislation released
Insight 28 Jul 2015

Exposure draft legislation implementing the Federal Governments promise to introduce a 10 per cent non-final withholding tax on purchasers of certain types of taxable Australian property by foreign residents has been released for review and comment Partner Charles Armitage and Associate Scott Lang ...

Productivity Commission identifies major deficiencies in workplace relations framework
Insight 04 Aug 2015

The Coalitions industrial relations policy for the last election included a proposal to have the Productivity Commission review and make recommendations about improving the Fair Work Act so that the Coalition could take the recommended changes to the next election The proposal is now unfolding with ...

Queensland Productivity Commission inquires into electricity pricing and solar feed-in tariff
Insight 26 Aug 2015

The new Queensland Productivity Commissions first two inquiries are into electricity pricing and solar feed-in tariffs Partner John Hedge and Associate Andrea Moffatt look at the implications for industry ...

Long-awaited reform to company loss rules
Insight 21 Sep 2015

The company loss recoupment rules have been amended to give effect to long-awaited reforms to the continuity of ownership tests This will assist companies that have multiple classes of shares with unequal rights to dividends capital distributions and voting power Partner Martin Fry and Associate Jay ...

Next phase for onshore oil and gas regulatory reform in the Northern Territory
Insight 07 Sep 2015

The Northern Territory Government has released its Guiding Principles for the onshore oil and gas industry that set out the minimum expectations for the industry until a comprehensive regulatory review is completed Operators and investors in the sector should review the compliance of their current ...

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