Hanh Chau

A practical guide to Australia’s legal and regulatory landscape for businesses, investors and legal advisers entering or operating in Australia. It provides an overview of Australia’s system of government, legal framework and key regulators…

Revenue NSW clarifies duty on options to purchase land—new guidance outlines how consideration, contingent payments and terminations trigger liability.

The 2024-25 New South Wales State Budget was handed down by the New South Wales (NSW) Treasurer, Daniel Mookhey, on Tuesday 18 June 2024. Much of the focus of this budget was tackling the housing crisis by delivering affordable housing and …

Recent Budgets have seen the Government attempt to perform a delicate balancing act between spending on essential goods and services and transfer payments while seeking to rein in inflation, and this latest Budget is no exception.

A busy month in Australian climate litigation October has been a very active month for Australian climate litigation, with important implications for federal climate policy. A decision of the Federal Court provided clarity on the role of cl…

The Australian Build-to-Rent (BtR) market is attracting significant levels of both foreign investment (especially from established UK Build-to-Rent and US “multi-family” developers and funds that are familiar with the sector) an…

The Australian Build-to-Rent (BtR) market is attracting significant levels of both foreign investment (especially from established UK Build-to-Rent and US “multi-family” developers and funds that are familiar with the sector) an…

Authors: Stuart Cormack, Elias Stephen, Nick Lazarou, Nathan Cahill, Julian Chen, Phil Turner and Brent Thompson

Australian Build-to-Rent market is attracting significant levels of both foreign investment (especially from established UK Build-to-Rent and US “multi-family” developers and funds that are familiar with the sector) and signific…

We break down the 2023-2024 Federal Budget, outline the Superannuation changes, the answer to the Cost-of-Living, the Tax changes to Business, and more.

See our most recent update: Federal Budget 2023-2024: A lesson in walking the inflation tightrope

Last year, we wondered why we have a Budget night anymore.  Not much has changed. Budget surpluses remain off the agenda for the forecast period.  With unemployment at record lows, the Budget has small measures aimed at keeping un…

A simple guide for foreign investors to taxation in Australia outlining income tax, indirect taxes, other tax and charges, attracting overseas investors and more.