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Spotlight
Carmel Crouch – A Great Queenslander
It is hard to imagine a more capable person than Carmel Crouch, the founder of STEPS Pathways College and Managing Director of STEPS Group Australia.
Roses in the Ocean – A Great Queenslander
Our next Great Queenslander is Roses in the Ocean, a global leader in the field of lived experience of suicide and their CEO, Bronwen Edwards.
Rupert McCall – A Great Poet and a Great Queenslander
Our next Great Queenslander’s poems and tributes capture the essence of what it is to be a Queenslander and what it is to be an Australian, particularly if you have a love of sport.
Wesley Mission Queensland – A Great Queenslander
In operation for 175 years, Wesley Mission Queensland offers 90 different services across aged care, disability care, housing and homelessness, mental health, health and wellbeing, palliative and hospice care, youth support services, and parenting support.
Followmont Transport – A Great Queenslander
Every day, Followmont trucks are on the roads of Queensland (and New South Wales), travelling more than 100,000km, the equivalent of 2.5 trips daily around the equator, moving 3,000 tonnes of goods. A proud Queensland family-owned business, Followmont Transport started in 1984 delivering magazines out of a small office in Stones Corner, Brisbane.
SunnyKids CEO Kathleen Hope – A Great Queenslander
Within minutes of meeting Great Queenslander Kathleen Hope, the CEO of SunnyKids, you learn two things about her. First is the importance of community in everything she does. The second is her instinctive desire to make the world a better place for those in her community.
GMRF’s CEO Miriam Dwyer – A Great Queenslander
Miriam Dwyer first visited Queensland from her home in Ireland in 1984 to holiday with her Aunt who lived in Townsville, and remembers it like it was yesterday. Today, Miriam is the Chief Executive Officer of GMRF, a role she has held since 2011, and a passionate Queenslander whose first love will probably always be tropical North Queensland.
Learn to Surf Noosa – A Great Queenslander
With perhaps the most enviable office in the world – Noosa Main Beach – Merrick and Elissa Davis have been operating Learn to Surf in Noosa and teaching people to surf for nearly 30 years.
4 Voices Jo Westh – a Great Queenslander
Spending an hour with Jo Westh of 4 Voices is like riding a rollercoaster of emotion. You feel inspired yet inadequate, you will laugh and cry, you go from delight to despair and back again several times.
Nichola Di Muzio appointed Honorary Member of WLAQ
Thynne & Macartney listed in Best Law Firms – Australia 2025
Thynne + Macartney welcomes new General Manager Richard Knox
Richard joined Thynne + Macartney on November 6, 2023, from Allianz Partners Australia where he worked in partnership with the CEO to lead a transformation and growth agenda following the pandemic.
Thynne + Macartney’s Women Leaders Shine Again at Women in Law Awards
We are proud to announce that Partner Ashleigh Poole (Wills + Estates) and Acting General Manager & Finance Manager Nicole Green are finalists in the Women in Law Awards for the second consecutive year.
Our People
Sue Maxwell
A Partner in Thynne + Macartney's Business Advisory group, Sue has more than 20 years' experience in commercial law and property development and co-heads the Property group with Aaron Webb.
Peter Jolly
Peter is experienced in all aspects of commercial and corporate law, Peter specialises in the acquisition, management and divestment of companies and businesses.
Paul Wong
Paul leads Thynne + Macartney's Banking + Finance group with over 20 years of experience in financial services, insolvency and commercial law. He delivers technical expertise with pragmatic commercial solutions to the finance, investment and not-for profit sector.
Michael Fisher
With over 30 years’ experience in providing legal services to the maritime and transport industries and their insurers, Michael manages all aspects of contentious and non-contentious maritime and transport law matters.
Latest News
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Eight years of Doyle’s Guide recognition for Wills + Estates team
Thynne + Macartney is delighted to share that our Wills + Estates team, led by Partner Ashleigh Poole, and supported by Special Counsels Cathy Piccolo and Vicky Martin, has again been recognised by Doyle’s Guide for their expertise as a Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Law Firm and Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Law Firm in Queensland.
T+M Bush Boats are away!
The Thomson River at Longreach and Barcaldine Rec Park will heave with rowers and boats for the 2024 Australian Outback Rowing Regatta between 5 and 6 October.
Jos Basson boosts Thynne + Macartney’s Disputes + Insolvency practice
Jos brings more than 15 years’ experience advising public and private companies, directors and officers, and insolvency practitioners on resolving complex disputes and managing insolvency challenges.
Publications
“Safer, simpler and fairer for separating families” legislative amendments tabled in Parliament
The second phase of amendments to the federal Family Law Act 2023 was introduced into Parliament on 22 August 2024 under The Family Law Amendment Bill 2024.
Fair, just and reasonable dismissals – a checklist for employers
When can deficiencies in a termination process result in an unfair dismissal finding?
Don’t fence me in: can an agreement with a former neighbour be enforced on a new owner?
