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31 October 2018
My Health Record - The Disability Sector
In this article, we will look at the benefits of having a My Health Record (MyHR) for individuals with a disability, the challenges and risks, and what it means for organisations that work in the disability sector.
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- NDIS / Disability
- Media
29 October 2018
Photographing and Filming Students in Independent and Catholic Schools
Currently in Australia there are no specific laws which prevent an individual in public from taking a photo of a student and many schools grapple with balancing the need to promote the school’s activities and achievements against parent wishes and concerns, which can range from very protective to “oversharing” when it comes to photos of students!
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25 October 2018
Family Law - Collaborate don’t litigate.
The Australian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing the whole system for the first time since 1975, and Stephen Winspear from our Family law team has been heavily involved in writing submissions to the ALRC seeking to improve the system and advocating for settling cases without going to court. In fact, court should be a distant last resort in almost all cases.
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- Family Law
24 October 2018
Employer caught asleep at wheel as Federal Court turns casual truck driver into permanent employee
A recent Federal Court case has sent shock waves through the business community by allowing a casual employee to claim permanent employee entitlements (even though they were paid a higher casual rate). In this update we will set out what happened and what you need to know.
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- Workplace Relations
24 October 2018
Apology to victims and survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has delivered an apology in the House of Representatives to survivors of child sexual abuse and their families, supporters and advocates.
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24 October 2018
Recent Privacy & Information Sharing Reforms [Sep-18] now catch more organisations
Organisations caught in the second phase of the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS) need to start working towards compliance and start aligning their policies and procedures under the FVISS and MARAM. See our top tips for compliance in this article.
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22 October 2018
How ‘binding’ is a binding death benefit nomination (BDBN) with a public offer super fund?
A BDBN is an important estate planning tool. If valid, the Trustee must pay the death benefit to the legal personal representative and/or nominated dependant(s). We have recently observed additional requirements being imposed via the trust deed. A common example is what we like to call the ‘life events’ clause.
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- Estate Planning & Structuring
19 October 2018
My Health Record – You will have one unless you opt-out!
You might have heard of the term “My Health Record” (MyHR) and thought nothing of it. Despite recent presence in the news, the ins and outs of the MyHR system has failed to reach many cross-sections of the public.
Unfortunately, burying your head in the sand will not make it go away. In fact, doing nothing will actually leave you with a MyHR, whether you want it or not.
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- Media
17 October 2018
The implementation of Labor’s $5 billion kinder promise won’t be child’s play.
On 4 October 2018 the Victorian Labor Government announced its plan to build and upgrade kindergartens and Early Childhood Education Centres (ECEC) under a $5 billion funding scheme.
It’s a great endorsement of the sector and also an important step towards universal and affordable access to three year old kinder. However, the scheme will bring key legal compliance and operational issues for ECECs to light.
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- Education & Early Childhood
10 October 2018
Terms of reference for the Royal Commission
The terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety were released on 9 October. So far, they’ve been received well by all key stakeholders. Here’s why:
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- Aged Care

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