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Following a tax assessment, the corporate trustee of a family trust was found to owe $7 million to the Australian Taxation Office.

The company held nine properties for the trust. After receiving the tax bill, the company implemented a complicated restructure to transfer ownership of those properties.

For thousands of years we have been told not to speak “evil” of the dead. Some say it dates back to the 6th century BC philosopher Chilon of Sparta, who warned it would harm the deceased’s enjoyment of the afterlife. Mind you, Chilon also said “obey the law”, and Australian law says you certainly can […]

Upon having a hair treatment at an Israeli hairdressing salon, a Canadian tourist liked the treatment so much that she purchased all the salon’s bottles and started distributing the product in North America.

She later acquired the worldwide rights to the product, and in October 2007 set up a new company selling its range of hair care products in several countries.

The company launched its products in Australia in September 2009.

These products were part of a “salon-only professional high-end prestige brand”, and the principal ingredient was argan oil.

Dozens of protesters have been arrested in Australia for demanding immediate action on climate change. Sitting on roads, protesters have been charged with not obeying a police direction and disrupting traffic. Even “knitting nanas” have been in the firing line and have been arrested for attempting to block fracking or land clearing. For some demonstrators, […]

The chairperson of the strata committee and the tenant lived in the same strata building. The tenant had recently moved into the complex and did not always lock her letterbox.

There was an increase of mailbox theft in the area and the chairperson was of the view that if all residents were to lock their letterboxes, it would reduce the chance of theft of mail.