10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 1
Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
Patent Grace Period Considerations in Australia, Japan, South East Asia and the U.S.
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: The Future of Transfer Pricing in Australia: Implications of the Glencore Decision
Jones Day Talks: Doing Deals Down Under: Australia's Foreign Direct Investment Regime
What is the Current State of Anti-Bribery Compliance & Enforcement in Australia?
Front-Line Video: An Interview with Jane Ellis, Anti-Bribery and Compliance Expert
Introduction - In a significant move aimed to enhance consumer protections in the housing sector, the Victorian Government has enacted the Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Act 2025 (Vic) (Act). A key feature...more
Like similar regimes in other States, the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (VIC) (“Victorian SOPA”) was intended to reduce insolvency in the construction industry and enhance cash flow for...more
The Victorian State Government (the Government) has announced a temporary expansion of the off-the-plan duty concession for purchasers of residential apartments and certain townhouses. The measure is a part of the...more
In Part 9 of this series, we take a closer look at the foreign investment considerations for build-to-rent (BTR) projects. In particular, we consider the circumstances where a foreign developer or financier would likely need...more
In Part 8 of our build to rent (BTR) series, we highlight the significant opportunity for new build residential developments to adopt sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives in the BTR market in Australia and help...more
In Part 7 of our build to rent (BTR) Series, we take a look at the current BTR market in Australia and the potential impacts of BTR developments on the residential sector....more
Investment in build to rent (BTR) residential developments is being driven by community and government demand, tax and other government incentives, longer term returns and lower maintenance costs and incentives compared to...more
The housing crisis in Australia has been brewing for more than a generation. The symptoms are painful and obvious and include: The gap between supply (with supply-side problems) and increasing demand...more
Under the latest New South Wales Public Health Order, all non-urgent work at construction sites in Greater Sydney has been paused from 12:01 a.m. on Monday 19 July until 11:59 p.m. on Friday 30 July....more
Australia-wide, companies are navigating the uncertainties arising from COVID-19. Our previous White Papers identified the risks arising for construction projects and observed that the fallout is likely to give rise to...more
OVERVIEW - The New South Wales government today introduced a bill which, if enacted, will provide new duty and land tax incentives for certain build-to-rent projects....more
We have written previously about the first-of-its-kind decision delivered by the NSW Land & Environment Court (Court) making an order to give effect to a strata renewal plan (SRP) for the collective sale of a strata scheme...more
WHAT HAS HAPPENED? The NSW Land & Environment Court (Court) has handed down the first decision to give effect to a strata renewal plan (SRP) for the collective sale of a strata scheme under the strata renewal provisions...more
The State Taxation Acts Amendment Act 2019 (Amendment Act) amends the Duties Act 2000 (Duties Act) so as to broaden the types of transactions involving economic entitlements that will be subject to duty. ...more
Under Australia's current regime for foreign ownership of Australian real estate, certain foreign investors must obtain permission from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) before acquiring certain forms of real estate...more
Early last week, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) delivered its judgment in the case of Tamawood v Habitare Developments, a copyright infringement case in respect of project home designs. Habitare...more