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Scone Horse Festival: Biggest week of the year!
The Scone Horse Festival is always an exciting time of year in Scone. As a local business, we love to celebrate the Horse Capital of Australia and support the town as people from the industry head to Scone to attend the Darley Scone Cup Race Day, the Scone Horse Show,...
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Data Breaches: What are they, and do you need a Response Plan?
WHAT IS A DATA BREACH? A data breach occurs when consumer and employee information, financial information, supplier information, classified information, and basic personal information such as full names are leaked. Data breaches are not limited to hacking, but can...
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Christmas and Operational Needs: The Federal Court clarifies when working on a public holiday is ‘fair’
Most Australian workers look forward to taking public holidays off, especially around Christmas. But what happens to companies that operate year-round, requiring employees on public holidays? The right to enjoy public holidays is protected under the Fair Work Act 2009...
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Fair Play: Unions given fair and reasonable right of entry to workplaces
In 2018, in the case of Ramsay v Menso[1], the full Federal Court issued a judgment on the rights of union officials to enter private workplaces without permission. This case raised important issues about the competing interests of unions, to represent and meet with...
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Controlling Social Media Trolls: A Step in the Right Direction
In late 2021, the Australian Government took several steps toward protecting Australians from vilification, harassment, bullying and defamation on social media. From 2019 to 2020, reports in online bullying threats rose by 30% and studies have shown a significant...
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2022 Land Tax Annual Notice of Assessment
The 2022 Land Tax Annual Notice of Assessment will be issued from Wednesday 5 January 2022. Pursuant to Section 62TBA(7)(c) of the Land Tax Management Act 1956 (‘the Act’) the land tax threshold for the 2022 land tax year is $822,000. Correspondingly, pursuant to...
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New Clarity on Restraint Clauses to Protect Confidential Information
On 15 October 2021, the New South Wales Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of NOVA Employment Ltd v Michelle Hira & Ors [2021] NSWSC 1337 (‘NOVA Employment’) on the extent to which employers may restrain their employees’ use of information acquired...
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Workplace Investigations in the Employment Relationship
A workplace investigation takes place when an employer needs to determine the truth of a matter in the workplace. This process takes place internally to the business and is often exercised when employers are intending on disciplining or dismissing an employee or...
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The Risk of Vaccinated/Unvaccinated Interaction in Business
The challenge facing businesses as we move towards full reopening is managing the interaction between vaccinated and unvaccinated staff and patrons. For businesses which are currently subject to public health orders, their response to unvaccinated workers is largely...
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