Charities have been invited to comment on the exposure draft of the “Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement on Withholding or Removing Commercially Sensitive Information from the ACNC Register” (Exposure Draft).

Both a HR Manager, as well as the company she worked for, were fined in the Federal Circuit Court in Adelaide as the result of a failure to pay to an employee proper notice.

This week the Senate has passed a number of amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009. While the amendments are significant, not all changes put to the Senate in early 2014 have gained the support from the government cross-benchers.

A spokesperson for Treasurer Scott Morrison has confirmed that the government will consider abolishing the Capital Gains Tax on investments in startup companies.  The policy was proposed by back-bencher David Coleman as a way of encouraging investment in innovation.

In a decision of the FWC handed down this week, Fair Work Commissioner Bissett decided that an employee who had been dismissed for a breach of his employer’s zero tolerance drug and alcohol policy was unfairly dismissed, because of reliance placed by the employer on an previous “first and final” warning which was found not to be warranted.

From today, 1 October 2015, the Personal Property Securities Act will no longer operate to automatically give rise to a security interest in serialised goods (e.g. motor vehicles, motorhomes, aircrafts etc.) that are leased or bailed for a term of less than 12 months.

This is in contrast to the now outdated law which provided that leases or bailments of serialised goods for a period of more than 90 days, automatically created a security interest in the goods in favour of the lessor or the bailor. This meant that a lessor or bailor had to register a security interest on the Personal Property Securities Register (Register) to protect their interest in the goods.