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Tax & Legal • 14 May 2025

Construction boss faces $50k fine for dodging worker pay

A Sydney-based construction company is facing legal actions and over $50,000 fine following allegations of wage theft.

Tax & Legal • 09 May 2025

Unregistered WA fit-out firm faces $17k fine

A Perth construction business has been fined a total of $17,000 plus legal costs for taking on commercial fit-out work without the required registration.

Tax & Legal • 02 May 2025

Building applicant cops $2k fine for false claims and fake signatures

A Perth man has been fined $2,000 for falsely claiming employment at a major construction company and forging the signature of a major construction company’s CEO while...

Tax & Legal • 28 Apr 2025

Unregistered WA builder fined $20k for using father’s credentials

A Western Australia building company director has been fined $20,000 for building contract, registration and insurance offences, including the misuse of his father’s...

Tax & Legal • 23 Apr 2025

Changes to Qld tenancy form ahead of rental reforms

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland has secured significant changes to the state’s standardised tenancy application form, following concerns about its original...

Tax & Legal • 14 Apr 2025

Qld developer pleads guilty to $1.3m fraud

A former Gold Coast property developer has pleaded guilty to four fraud charges for misappropriating over $1.3 million in investor funds related to a land development in...

Tax & Legal • 11 Apr 2025

Tenancy reforms to spark surge in rental disputes, warns REINSW

Ahead of upcoming rental reforms in NSW, the state’s peak body has called for a major increase in funding and resources to prepare for the coming “onslaught” of...

Tax & Legal • 11 Apr 2025

Do not tamper with negative gearing, peak body warns

The peak body for Australia's property industry has warned against the Greens’ pledge to abolish negative gearing if they gain power, highlighting that it would...

Tax & Legal • 07 Apr 2025

Zoo or properties? NSW investors brace for changes to pet restrictions

NSW’s industry peak body has warned against an investor exodus, following the state’s latest rental reform requiring owners to allow up to four pets in their...

Tax & Legal • 07 Apr 2025

REIQ slams state’s new standardised tenancy application form

The peak body has warned that upcoming changes to identity verification in the Queensland tenancy application process could create significant issues for property owners...