New NCAT Website Coming Soon
New websites for NSW Courts and Tribunals will be launched during August 2020, including a new website for the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). […]
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Commercial Leasing Help for Small Businesses
A new interactive commercial leasing tool is available on the Service NSW website for business owners who are having trouble meeting lease commitments due to COVID-19,
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Current Hearing Arrangements to Continue at NCAT
To minimise the need for parties to physically attend NCAT premises, the President introduced updated hearing and filing arrangements in response to COVID-19 pandemic. NCAT has been
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NCAT Fees and Charges from 1 July 2020
NCAT’s fees and charges for the filing of applications, appeals and other services will change on 1 July 2020. A general 1.5% increase will be applied
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Key Changes to NSW Work Health and Safety Laws
The Work Health and Safety Amendment (Review) Act 2020, recently passed by the NSW Parliament, has made the following key changes to NSW WHS laws: adding
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New Disclosure Obligations for NSW Businesses
From 1 July 2020, new laws will come into effect in NSW creating new disclosure requirements for how businesses communicate with customers before completing a sale.
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Updated Sample Notice to Terminate Tenancy Agreement
NSW Fair Trading has updated its sample Notice to Terminate Tenancy Agreement for landlords and agents. This update is relevant to residential land lease communities that
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Does your Business use Mobile Plant Equipment?
The first industrial manslaughter case has been decided in Australia, with a Queensland company convicted and fined $3 million dollars for having no safety systems
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COVIDSafe Workplace Rights
Amendments have been made to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to support free and informed choice about whether to download and use the COVIDSafe app. The amendments
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Correction: Changes to Residential Tenancy Regulation Start 15 April 2020
In our Friday 17 April 2020 eAlert we inadvertently advised members that the changes to the Residential Tenancies Regulation 2019, which put in place temporary protections
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