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National Safe Work Month Week 2 - Working together to protect workers’ mental health

The theme of week 2 of National Safe Work Month is "working together to protect workers' mental health". We will explore the step-by-step approach for managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace.

New major partnership with Indigenous Literacy Foundation

Is there a way to reverse a resolution or election at a meeting of the owners corporation?

An owner or mortgagee may apply to the Tribunal to have a resolution or election of the owners corporation invalidated or nullified. Whether the Tribunal makes the order will depend on individual circumstances.

Closing the loophole … and potentially opening new ones?

Dramatic shakeup of the industrial relations landscape in Australia announced.

Indigenous Cadetship Program

In February 2022, the Colin Biggers & Paisley Foundation launched the Colin Biggers & Paisley Indigenous Cadetship Program. The program forms part of Colin Biggers & Paisley's Indigenous Engagement Strategy, which seeks to increase employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the field of law and business services.

New South Wales Court of Appeal narrows the gateway to compensation for acquisition of substratum land for underground rail facilities

Sydney Metro v Expandamesh Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 200 concerned an appeal by Sydney Metro to the NSW Court of Appeal against the judgment of the Land and Environment Court of NSW.