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So you have decided to make a short term loan and want to take some security over Queensland property owned by the borrower. You dont want to spend a lot of money, and the borrower offers to consent to a caveat. Sound good? No. First, it costs nearly as much to put a caveat on […]

Plenty of people are in the current market, and in doing that they sign an appointment to act. But before doing so it is important to check the terms of the appointment. Under Queensland’s Property Occupations Act, agents have to have a written appointment before performing services for the seller, in the absence of which […]

Land tax valuations are generally issued from March each year, with assessment notices being issued in around October. Land Tax is assessed on the land owned as at midnight 30 June in a year, meaning that if the land is sold by 29 June or bought on 1 July it is not included in the […]

Our workplace legislation has been amended as from 27 March 2021 to provide for more certainty as to who is a casual employee, and consequential issues including concerning NES entitlements and conversion to permanent employment. Under the amendments, a person will be a casual employee if the offer of employment is on the basis that […]