Legal Alert

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released new guidelines targeted at providing comfort to corporations experiencing difficulty in meeting regulatory requirements in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures are a welcome recognition by the corporate regulator that the current climate may temporarily impact on a company’s ability to hold an annual […]

The Morrison Government has announced a $130 billion JobKeeper Payment to support businesses and help keep more Australian workers in jobs. What is the JobKeeper Payment? Under the JobKeeper Payment, eligible businesses impacted by the Coronavirus will be able to access a subsidy from the Government to continue paying their employees. Affected employers that meet

By now many of you will have received Fiona Sears’ Legal Alert titled Prime Minister sets out commercial leasing principles to assist landlords and tenants, which summarises the key points from Scott Morrison’s press conference last night relating to commercial leasing agreements. Following the announcement, the Australian Banker’s Association issued a press release this morning

After weeks of uncertainty, the National Cabinet announced last night a set of ‘principles’ to be used to assist landlords and tenants to navigate these unprecedented times. In making the announcement, the Prime Minister said that the responsibility remained with landlords, tenants and financial institutions to enter into meaningful discussions and work together “to ensure that,

Organisations should be considering the whistleblower reforms which commence on 1 January 2020. A summary of the key points is set out below. Whistleblowers play an important role in revealing injustice, calling out misconduct, fraud, abuse or corruption in corporate, financial and tax sectors. However, while doing the right thing, whistleblowers have previously put their