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Security of Payments — a reminder
The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 2009 (“SoP Act”) has been around for almost a decade in South Australia. However, we still see principals and contractors getting…
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The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018 — a cohesive public integrity framework
On 15 November 2018, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018 (“the Act”) received assent. The Act is to encourage and facilitate disclosures of certain information in the public interest, by…
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A timely reminder — the quadrennial purge of the voters roll!
LG Leader November 2017 Spring is (at last) in the air – A reminder that there is some critical ‘house-keeping’…
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Hargraves & Anor v City of Holdfast Bay [2018] SAERDC 41 — the distance between a tree and a swimming pool
In September 2018 the ERD Court handed down its decision in Hargraves & Anor v City of Holdfast Bay [2018] SAERDC 41, an appeal against the Council’s decision to refuse…
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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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Kelledy Jones Local Government Elections Breakfast 2018
The Adelaide Review – 7 August 2018
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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…