NEWS
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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New Fair Work Statement on BHP’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy
New Fair Work Statement on BHP’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy On 3 December 2021 the Fair Work Commission (“FWC”) ruled that BHP’s mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy at their Mt Arthur coal mine was unreasonable and consequently unenforceable, due to their failure...
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Circular Cotton: Using Cotton Waste to Grow More
Goondiwindi Cotton is tackling textile waste by testing whether it can improve soil health by returning cotton waste to the ground. Goondiwindi Cotton owner, Sam Coulton’s farm “Alcheringa”, the site of the Goondiwindi Circular Cotton Project Trial had its first two...
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Wayne Riggien joins M+E as property & commercial demand grows
Morgan + English clients are set for commercial and property deal success with Wayne Riggien joining the practice as Special Counsel. A high-calibre property and commercial lawyer and agribusiness specialist, Wayne’s extensive expertise gives M+E clients even more...
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Annette English Interviewed by Law Council of Australia
M + E partner, Annette English has been interviewed by the Law Council of Australia about business strategy and growth in the COVID-19 era. Annette discusses the impacts of the pandemic for businesses and how we adapted our operations at M+E to enable us to continue...
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Annette English Featured on The Boutique Lawyer Podcast
M+E partner, Annette English, has been interviewed for The Lawyers Weekly Show, a podcast which takes an in-depth look at the Australian legal industry. The interview focuses specifically on how regional law firms can thrive post-pandemic. Annette discusses upcoming...
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