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Mark Fowler (15 August 2014) The Queensland Government has developed a 10 year Queensland Housing Affordability Strategy with the aim to provide a Queensland vision for reducing homelessness and a framework for the development of homelessness community action plans. Furthering this objective, on 7 August 2014 the Government introduced the Queensland Building and Construction Commission and […]

      Dr Matthew Turnour (6 August 2014) Summary of the Greenpeace decision The Supreme Court of New Zealand has today handed down its decision in the ‘Greenpeace case’, Re Greenpeace of New Zealand Incorporated [2014] NZSC 105. The question for the court was whether or not engagement in political purposes was inconsistent with

Company payments pursuant to Family Court Orders assessable income to recipient Steve Potts (5 August 2014) On 30 July 2014 the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) issued a Tax Ruling specifically targeted at payments or transfers of property by a private company in compliance with a Family Court Order, whether in contested hearings or by consent.

Commercial and Not-for-Profit Seminar You are invited to a Neumann & Turnour Lawyers’ legal information seminar “Commercial and Property Issues for Not-For-Profits” to be held on August 20th. In the seminar Mark Fowler will focus on aspects of commercial and property law that are unique to the not-for-profit and community sectors, including: The legal process