In the media – National
$31.5 million to further improve on-farm irrigation
efficiency
The Australian Government has renewed its commitment to the
Murray-Darling Basin in South Australia by funding a further 122
projects to modernise on-farm irrigation infrastructure and return
water to the environment (29 January 2015).
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In the media – New South Wales
Oil price slump to benefit most
Families, shop owners and businesses will benefit from the
dramatic and unexpected slump in oil prices in the second half of
2014 - but a NSW parliamentary researcher has found mining
investment and government revenue will both take a hit (28 January
2015).
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In the media – Queensland
PCA: Increased land supply to lower housing costs in
Qld
Changes are needed to Queensland's regional planning system to
provide for our inevitable population growth, according to the
Property Council of Australia. While the South East Queensland
Regional Plan has been in place since 2005, it has failed to
deliver a reliable blueprint for development in the south-east
corner (21 January 2015).
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Published – articles, papers, reports - National
Consumer Price Index, Australia, December
2014
Australian Bureau of Statistics: 27 January 2015
Movements in retail prices of goods and services commonly
purchased by metropolitan households. The goods and services are
divided into the following groups: food and non-alcoholic
beverages; alcohol and tobacco; clothing and footwear; housing;
furnishings, household equipment and services; health; transport;
communication; recreation and culture; education; and insurance and
financial services.
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In Practice and Courts - National
National Electronic Conveyancing System fact
sheet
The Law Council of Australia has published a fact sheet to update
practitioners on recent developments on the National Electronic
Conveyancing System (NECS).
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Report on Government Services
Published January 2015. The annual Report on Government Services
(RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and
efficiency of government services in Australia. This report will be
progressively released between 28 January - 6 February 2015.
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Cases - Victoria
McOrmond v Bass Valley Constructions Pty Ltd (Civil
Claims) [2015] VCAT 18
Rent to buy scheme – grantor of Option to purchase property
breaches the Option and fails to convey the property to the grantee
– grantee entitled to specific performance, to purchase the
property at the exercise price. More...
Cases - Queensland
Ecobikes Australasia Limited v ABC Pty Ltd
[2014] QCAT 679
RETAIL SHOP LEASES – Application for interim injunction
– whether arguable case – where notice to exercise
option not given under s 46 of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
– where written notice of exercise of option not given as
required under lease. Duncan Properties Pty Ltd v Hunter
[1991] 1 Qd R 101 JV Tub Group Pty Ltd v Red Carpet Real Estate
Pty Ltd & Ors [2014] QSC 232 Topbeach Pty Ltd v
Seafarer Investments Pty Ltd [2010] QSC 459. More...
Rawlings & Ors v Commissioner of State
Revenue [2015] QCAT 010
DUTY – where duty assessed on transfer of land by trustees
to beneficiaries – whether transfer of two lots, one to one
set of beneficiaries and the other to another set of beneficiaries
constituted substantially one arrangement requiring the
transactions to be aggregated- where one agreement entered by all
of the parties evidencing the transactions – where lots were
used separately for residential purposes. Attorney-General v
Cohen (1937) 1 K.B. 478 Jeffrey v Commissioner of State
Revenue [1980] 23 SAR 398 Old Reynella Village Pty ltd v
Commissioner of State Revenue (SA) (1989) 51 SASR 378
Chief Commissioner of State revenue v pacific General
Securities and Finimore Holdings Pty Ltd (No. 2)(RD) [2005]
NSWADTAP 54 Brianco Nominees Pty ltd v CSR [2008] VCAT 999
Camp Seabee Properties Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State
Revenue [2014] QCAT 258. More...
Chief Executive, Department of Justice and
Attorney-General v Grimsey [2015] QCAT 001
REAL ESTATE AGENT – DISCIPLINARY – where a person was
acting as a real estate agent without a licence – where the
son of a real estate agent carried on the business whilst not
holding a licence or certificate of registration – where the
person went on to act as a real estate agent in his own right
without holding a licence or certificate of registration, and a
receiver was appointed. Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60
CLR 366 Re Seidler [1986] 1 Qd R 486 Chief Executive,
Department of Tourism, Racing and Fair Trading v Winn K.J.
[2003] QCCCTPAMD 8 (13 November 2003) Chief Executive
Department of Justice and Attorney General v Keyte [2012] QCAT
244 Chief Executive Department of Justice and Attorney-General
v Hoppner [2014] QCAT 296. More...
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