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Penalties for unlicensed building work in Qld to ramp up

If the statutory prohibition on an entitlement to payment under s 42 of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 (Qld) (QBCC Act) was not already imposing enough, recent amendments proposed by the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Paym...

A change in approach for farm debt in Queensland

Who and what does it apply to? The new regime applies to "farm business debts" being moneys owed by a farmer that were borrowed for the purpose of conducting a "farming business" and is secured by a "farm mortgage"....