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Michael Byrnes
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Michael Byrnes — Part­ner, Employ­ment & Work­place Health and Safe­ty is quot­ed in HRM Online arti­cle, Free­dom of speech in the work­place: a legal refresh­er, pub­lished 2 March 2021

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Publications

Using your con­struc­tion con­tract to man­age and mit­i­gate con­trac­tor insol­ven­cy risk

Intro­duc­tionThe risk of con­trac­tor insol­ven­cy mid way though a con­struc­tion project in the cur­rent mar­ket is real and real­ly expensive.This arti­cle pro­vides…

NSW Fair Trad­ing com­pli­ance | What to do if you receive a complaint

You receive a let­ter from NSW Fair Trad­ing (OFT) in your inbox refer­ring to a ​‘com­plaint’ being lodged against you/​your agency…

AS4000:2025 – What is all the fuss about?

With the recent release of the updat­ed AS4000:2025, for the first time in over 28 years, many stake­hold­ers in the con­struc­tion…

In the News

Michael Byrnes has pub­lished an arti­cle titled ​“Use of AI Crit­i­cised by FWC” in HR Leader on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2025.

Michael Byrnes has pub­lished an arti­cle titled ​“Use of AI Crit­i­cised by FWC” in HR Leader on 2 Sep­tem­ber 2025.To read the…

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Fair Work warns lit­i­gants against using Chat­G­PT”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 28 August 2025:

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Fair Work warns lit­i­gants against using Chat­G­PT”, pub­lished in The Aus­tralian on 2…

Con­grat­u­la­tions | Angela Har­vey & John Trinh for being recog­nised in 2025 Doyles Guide Rankings

We’re proud to announce that Angela Har­vey has been recog­nised in the 2025 Doyles Guide as a:Rec­om­mend­ed Lead­ing Estates Lit­i­ga­tion Lawyer…

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