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This week the Government introduced new measures whereby all international travellers arriving in Australia, including returning residents, must self-quarantine or self-isolate for a period of 14 days from the date of their arrival due to COVID-19. The requirement to self-isolate also applies to persons that have tested positive to COVID-19. See our recent publication on […]

Your phone rings. The news is as welcome as a dog in a game of Finska. A key employee (let’s call her ‘Geri’) has tested positive for COVID-19. What do you do? Be sure to treat Geri as you would any sick employee. Full-time employees accrue 10 days of sick or carer’s leave each year

Last week a woman pocketed an eye watering $60 million in Powerball. Great result for her but history has shown that it’s not always champagne, hugs and nudie runs when that life-changing call comes in. Remember when a group of Sydney factory workers won $40 million on Powerball and their co-worker, who said he’d paid

NSW Protest – Here’s what you should know about Police powers Protesting often attracts the attention of the police.  Whatever the subject matter, police generally only intervene in peaceful protests to prevent offences or harm to the general public. If you’re happily chanting and waving a sign and a Police Officer taps you on the

Kim K and Law Degree? Surely not?! If you’ve been living under a rock you may have missed the announcement, conveniently made exclusively in an episode of KUWTK, that Kim Kardashian-West has decided that she wants to add becoming a lawyer to her long list of accomplishments. And when a Kardashian, like, wants something, Momanger

Human Resources Policies are one of the key elements in the success of a start-up or an established business. The expertise on how to implement HR policies and procedures is vital for companies to boost the performance of employees and keep them loyal and passionate about their work years after years. With the onset of

No matter the type of business you handle, contracts are a necessary part of your life. You will encounter a list of commercial terms and negotiate them with a supplier, distributor, customer, or third party. Check out our top five tips for what you need to look out for when negotiating commercial contracts: 1. Define the

SaaS agreements are fast replacing ‘traditional’ software licences, and for good reason.  Also known as on-demand software, hosted software or web-based software, SaaS avoids traditional software installation, maintenance and management approaches in favour of delivering cloud-based applications via the internet. Since a SaaS agreement are only a software subscription and not a licence, the continued

That moment when Ninja challenged Twitch to a fight in Salty Springs Former Twitch streamer, Ninja, has been throwing some major shade at his old streaming platform, Amazon-owned, Twitch.  The bad blood stemmed from a recent dispute about *cough* adult content. If you’re currently scratching your head saying, ‘I know what adult content is but what’s eSports?’,

Social networks, blogs, forums, media sharing and review sites are great for self-expression (and cat memes and videos) but posting material online can have consequences IRL. Defamation is essentially a false, published statement that damages the reputation of an individual, group of people or a small business, or causes others to think less of them.