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VCAT to be hit hard under Victoria’s WFH laws
The Allan Labor government’s codification of work-from-home (WFH) rights for two days per week will be an enormous...
24 June 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Reserve Bank reveals June 2026 cash rate call
Following three straight rate rises, find out – in this special announcement, brought to you by Legal Home Loans –...
16 June 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
This is ‘the most consequential period for tax lawyers’ since the GST
Tax lawyers across the country have been “operating in a state of flux” since Jim Chalmers handed down last...
03 June 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
The investment and advisory moves SME law firms must make post-budget
Much hay has been made in the last week about the potential impact of Jim Chalmers’ proposed tax changes on small...
20 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Budget 2026: What lawyers need to know
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled the federal budget for 2026, which he said would include “big, bold, ambitious...
12 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Insurance law and ‘war risk’ now inextricably linked
The idea that insurance law needs to be “geopolitics-aware” is not new, but the flow-on consequences of the closure...
06 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Are lawyers still in a favourable position to buy property?
Amid high inflation, another interest rate hike, and a Middle East conflict that shows no signs of abating, legal...
06 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
RBA makes May 2026 cash rate call
Find out, in this special announcement from Legal Home Loans, if the Reserve Bank has again decided to raise interest...
05 May 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
Virginia Bell releases interim report for anti-Semitism royal commission
Former High Court judge, the Honourable Virginia Bell, has made 14 recommendations (five of which remain confidential)...
30 April 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Politics
The $150 time capsule: How Queensland’s petty theft law forgot inflation
Queensland’s $150 threshold is a relic of cassette-tape mercy in a contactless world. It once stood for compassion;...
31 March 2026
By Rebecca Ward, MBA