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Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Bill 2018 An Act to amend the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 to make further provision with [...]

Commercial Directions It is common for contracts to include a right for a party to terminate (an ‘ipso facto’ termination right) where the other party suffers an ‘insolvency event’. On 1 July [...]

Landmark construction industry reforms to protect subbies LANDMARK changes to the way the building industry in Queensland functions will begin to have affect from January 2018 with the [...]

PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS Posted by Bronzella Cleveland| Articles, Columns | 0  CONTRACTS: WORTH THE TIME! Contracts are a part of the construction business. Large contracts and small contracts. [...]

ATO reporting business tax debts to credit agencies, things are getting serious… Government disquiet about unpaid tax debts is nothing new, but the level of disquiet has been steadily growing and [...]

ACT Security of Payment Roundup Construction Meyer Vandenberg Free Breakfast Seminar 27th Feb 2018      |      7.15am for a 7.30am start 2017 was an interesting year for security of payment [...]

Tip: When pricing a project with onerous contracts conditions, calculate the cost of completing the scope of brick & blockwork aligned with the specifications and then ‘PRICE THE RISK’. [...]

During bankruptcy, the role of a trustee in bankruptcy is to gather together the bankrupt person’s property and sell it to raise money to repay the person’s creditors. If you’ve been declared [...]

Corrupting Payments law passes the Senate On Thursday, 10th August 2017, the Fair Work Amendment (Corrupting Benefits) Bill 2017 passed in the Senate. It introduces two new criminal offences. The [...]