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Differential Rates on Vacant Land — Proposed Legislative Change
Our clients should be aware (to the extent that you are not already) that The Honourable John Darley has introduced the Local Government (Differential Rates on Vacant Land) Amendment Bill…
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Extension of the 2013—2017 Price Determination
Councils licensed to provide water and sewerage services under the Water Industry Act 2012 as water industry entities will continue to have their pricing regulated by the “2013-2017 Price Determination…
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Fair Work Ombudsman Inquiry into Council Supply Chains — What You Need to Know
On 25 June 2018, the Fair Work Ombudsman released its findings of its inquiry into the procurement of security services by local government (“the Inquiry”). The Inquiry examined the labour…
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Insolvency Reform — Get the Facts on Ipso Facto!
On 1 July 2018, the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017 (“the Amending Act”) will amend the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“the Act”), to include a…
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SA Council Rate Capping — or "Rate Oversight"!
The much-anticipated realisation of the State Government’s pre-election promise to introduce rate capping for SA councils has now materialised.
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The latest information on the Planning and Design Code
The State Planning Commission has released a new discussion paper: South Australia’s Planning and Design Code – How will it work? This paper is the second in the technical series…
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The effect of a Statement of Effect — East Rundle Investments Pty Ltd v The Corporation of the City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters [2018] SAERDC 22
Read our latest LG Alert regarding this decision which concerns the status of a Statement of Effect and whether it forms an approved document for the purposes of interpreting a…
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The Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017 — What does it mean for Councils?
Substantive provisions of the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017 (“FEDR Act”) and the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Regulations 2018 commenced operation on 30 April 2018.