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Legal services available to some of South Australia’s most vulnerable citizens have been given a funding boost, with an additional $4.8 million in Commonwealth funding to help the sector respond to increased demand due to COVID-19.

SME law firms should take a leaf out of Winston Churchill’s book and recognise that, despite a new recession and JobKeeper soon to end, there are opportunities abound.

Much-anticipated additional boosts in cash flow for eligible employees are due to be disbursed next month, with the ATO having issued guidelines to help businesses manage the process.

There is an inextricable nexus between health and wellbeing and the productivity and viability of one’s small business. In the age of COVID-19, this is truer than ever before.

Against the backdrop of COVID-19 and now a national recession, it is more critical than ever that boutique law firms be on top of their tax obligations.

Stanwell Corporation and CS Energy have been hit with a class action alleging the companies ripped off businesses and households over the past five years through “bidding games”.

Victoria has passed laws establishing criminal penalties for employers who deliberately underpay or don’t pay their workers, and now the rest of the country must follow suit, say plaintiff firms.

The modernisation of business communications is a new key priority for the federal government, an announcement welcomed by the Governance Institute of Australia.

The Law Council of Australia has called for the federal government to reconsider the push for mandatory minimum sentences.

Johnson Winter & Slattery has advised on the development of a proposed underground gas storage facility, set to be located in Victoria.