Pub­li­ca­tions

13 May 2020

COVID-19 | Con­struc­tion Works With­in Stra­ta Schemes

With the intro­duc­tion of the Envi­ron­men­tal Plan­ning and Assess­ment (COVID-19 Devel­op­ment – Con­struc­tion Work Days) Order 2020 on 31 March 2020 (the Order), stra­ta schemes may be faced with deci­sions to make regard­ing the con­tin­u­a­tion or com­mence­ment of build­ing works dur­ing the Gov­ern­ment imposed restric­tions and social dis­tanc­ing guidelines.  Impact of…

8 Apr 2020

COVID-19 | The Com­mer­cial Ten­an­cies Code | 8 April 2020

In our pre­vi­ous update, we out­lined some of the mea­sures the Prime Min­is­ter intend­ed to imple­ment to pro­vide sup­port and relief for com­mer­cial ten­ants and land­lords in finan­cial dis­tress as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. On 7 April 2020, the Nation­al Cab­i­net announced a manda­to­ry code of con­duct (click here) (Com­mer­cial Ten­an­cies Code)…

31 Mar 2020

COVID-19 | Changes to the For­eign Acqui­si­tions and Takeovers Act 1975 | 31 March 2020

On 29 March 2020, the Hon. Josh Fry­den­berg MP, Trea­sur­er, announced changes to the way for­eign invest­ment is reviewed in Aus­tralia.The two key changes are: All mon­e­tary screen­ing thresh­olds in the For­eign Acqui­si­tions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Act) have been reduced to $0 mean­ing all pro­posed for­eign invest­ment into Aus­tralia (unless…

31 Mar 2020

COVID-19 | Prop­er­ty Updates & Alerts

COVID-19 | Changes to the For­eign Acqui­si­tions and Takeovers Act 1975 | 31 March 2020On 29 March 2020, the Hon. Josh Fry­den­berg MP, Trea­sur­er, announced changes to the way for­eign invest­ment is reviewed in Aus­tralia. View the key changes here.COVID-19 Advo­ca­cy Alert | Loan relief mea­sures for com­mer­cial land­lords | 3…

31 Mar 2020

COVID-19 | Advo­ca­cy Alert | Loan relief mea­sures for com­mer­cial land­lords | 30 March 2020

Fur­ther to our updates on 26 March 2020 and ear­li­er today, the Prime Min­is­ter announced last night that the Nation­al Cab­i­net agreed to a mora­to­ri­um on evic­tions over the next six months for com­mer­cial and res­i­den­tial ten­an­cies in finan­cial dis­tress who are unable to meet their com­mit­ments due to the impact…

30 Mar 2020

COVID-19 | The lat­est on com­mer­cial ten­an­cies | 30 March 2020

Fur­ther to our update on 26 March 2020 regard­ing the COVID-19 Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Emer­gency Mea­sures) Bill 2020 (Bill), on Sun­day 29 March 2020, the Prime Min­is­ter announced that the Nation­al Cab­i­net agrees that short term inter­ven­tion is need­ed for com­mer­cial tenancies. At this stage, there is noth­ing more than a set of…

26 Mar 2020

COVID-19 Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Emer­gency Mea­sures) Act 2020 (NSW) – RETAIL LEAS­ES ACT 1994 (NSW)

The COVID-19 Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Emer­gency Mea­sures) Bill 2020 (NSW) was passed by both Hous­es of the New South Wales Par­lia­ment on 24 March 2020, which received assent yes­ter­day (Emer­gency Mea­sures Act). Amongst oth­er things, the Emer­gency Mea­sures Act intro­duces a new Part 11 (Response to COVID-19 pan­dem­ic) into the Retail Lease…

26 Mar 2020

COVID-19 Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Emer­gency Mea­sures) Bill 2020 | 26 March 2020

The COVID-19 Leg­is­la­tion Amend­ment (Emer­gency Mea­sures) Bill 2020 (Bill) was passed last night and received roy­al assent today. The Bill intro­duces Part 11 into the Retail Leas­es Act 1994 (RLA) (which is a new part). The new Part 11 pro­vides that reg­u­la­tions MAY pro­vide for cer­tain mat­ters for the pur­pose of respond­ing to…

23 Mar 2020

Tips for Own­ers Cor­po­ra­tions, Stra­ta Com­mit­tees and Stra­ta Man­agers — COVID-19

In these unprece­dent­ed times, there is a lot of uncer­tain­ty for busi­ness­es and indi­vid­u­als. This uncer­tain­ty extends to the ongo­ing and sat­is­fac­to­ry func­tion­ing of an own­ers corporation.  Stra­ta Man­agers and Stra­ta Com­mit­tees should be aware of their ongo­ing oblig­a­tions to ensure that an own­ers cor­po­ra­tion con­tin­ues to func­tion sat­is­fac­to­ri­ly dur­ing the…

13 Jan 2020

NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try — an expert’s per­spec­tive (part 6 of 6)

Inter­view with Tadd Wal­ford, Par­tridge, Struc­tur­al EngineerOver the past eight months, I have released a series of arti­cles. This arti­cle is ​‘part 6’ of a six-part series and will be fol­lowed by my ​‘2019 wrap-up’. The series doc­u­ments my dis­cus­sions with build­ing con­sul­tants who are in the know when it comes to the cur­rent state of…