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Tax & Legal • 28 Aug 2024
WA builder left client $132k out of pocket
The builder had failed to take out mandatory insurance, leaving his client in the lurch when he went bankrupt.
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Tax & Legal • 27 Aug 2024
Sydney builder pulled up for back-payment failures
A south-west Sydney building and construction firm reportedly failed to back-pay a 15-year-old worker or act on the ensuing compliance notice.
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Tax & Legal • 27 Aug 2024
Victoria’s housing crunch – A stitch in time saves nine
Against the backdrop of Victoria’s enormous housing target and the white noise of skilled labour shortages, material availability and interest rate pressures, the home...
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Tax & Legal • 22 Aug 2024
‘Bitumen bandits’ strike again in Adelaide
Home owners in suburban Adelaide are advised to be on the lookout for itinerant tradies, who are currently roaming the city.
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Tax & Legal • 20 Aug 2024
ACT pursues building certification shake-up
The ACT will change how it certifies buildings after “dodgy development” was discovered to be costing Canberrans more than $50 million each year.
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Tax & Legal • 20 Aug 2024
Unregistered builder in hot water over charging 10x legal deposit
The Western Australian tradie charged his elderly client a 69.4 per cent deposit for work that was never completed.
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Tax & Legal • 19 Aug 2024
Electrician fined $40k for ‘potentially lethal’ negligence
A Western Australian watchdog warned “people’s lives were at risk” after uncovering major electrical offences.
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Tax & Legal • 19 Aug 2024
NSW bill will clamp down on strata sector’s ‘bad players’
The proposal aims to “help restore confidence in living and investing in strata schemes”.
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Tax & Legal • 09 Aug 2024
Buying a property in your SMSF
Investing in property though a self-managed super fund has grown in popularity in recent years, particularly since it became possible for SMSFs to borrow money to fund...
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Tax & Legal • 05 Aug 2024
Company fined $45k for unlicensed electrical work
A Western Australian electrical company was slammed with a hefty fine after an unlicensed employee carried out air conditioning repairs.
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