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                    <title><![CDATA[A guide to offers to settle and costs in personal injuries proceedings]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[A recent DibbsBarker article published in Proctor explains in some depth the written/mandatory final offer regimes for various personal injuries matters at the pre-proceedings stage and their interplay with the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld). ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Friday, 17 May 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[The liquidator's duty of sale]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Receivers and mortgagees are well-versed as to the statutory duty of sale enshrined in section 420A of the Corporations Act, but what of the duties owed by a liquidator when undertaking asset sales?]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Friday, 10 May 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Is mortgage duty here to stay in NSW?]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Many businesses have made funding decisions on the NSW Government's commitment that mortgage duty would finally be abolished on 1 July 2013, but it seems that it may be in place for at least another two years.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wednesday, 01 May 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Continuous disclosure: more guidance but no relief]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Continuous disclosure is often a vexed issue for entities listed on ASX. It can be difficult to decide what, when and how to disclose to the market in accordance with Listing Rule 3.1. To help listed entities meet their obligations, the ASX has rewritten Guidance Note 8.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wednesday, 01 May 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Brand owners: monitoring your social media engagement - what, when, and how often?]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Australian Association of National Advertisers has issued a Best Practice Guideline on Responsible Marketing Communications in the Digital Space to assist brand owners in adopting best practices for advertising on digital platforms. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Monday, 29 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[NSW Planning Reform: The way forward now clearer with release of draft legislation]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Whilst the strategic planning and community participation elements of the proposed changes to the NSW Planning Laws are clearly reformational, many of the legislative mechanisms are not so different.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Privacy law update: draft Credit Reporting Code]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Less than two weeks remain for credit providers to provide their comments on the draft Credit Reporting Code to its creator, the Australasian Retail Credit Association. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Decision to overturn approval for the extension of Rio's Warkworth mine: lessons for the assessment of the environmental impacts of projects]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[A recent decision of the Chief Judge of the NSW Planning and Environment Court provides many principles for environmental assessment and conditions of consent, that are likely to be applied in the future by the Court and perhaps consent authorities. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Friday, 19 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[30% withholding requirement under the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[From 1 January 2014, FACTA will require the withholding of 30% of certain payments to, or from, a non-US "foreign financial institution", if the ultimate recipient of that payment is a US citizen or an entity controlled by a US citizen. This article highlights some of the 'big picture' issues FFIs will face as a result of FACTA.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thursday, 18 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[New national measures to tackle workplace bullying introduced into parliament]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[New anti-bullying legislation designed to promote the right to safe and healthy working conditions was recently introduced into Federal Parliament.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Proposed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act introduce new protected grounds]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Federal Government has tabled proposed amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA['Family friendly' changes proposed by the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 21 March 2013, the Federal Government introduced into parliament the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013. This article examines the impact of the proposed changes in the context of family and carer responsibilities. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Report commissioned by the Fair Work Ombudsman brings the issue of unpaid workers back into the spotlight ]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The issue of unpaid workers has been in the spotlight recently following the release of the report Experience or Exploitation? The Nature, Prevalence and Regulation of Unpaid Work Experience, Internships and Trial Periods in Australia on 7 February 2013.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[The tide of change in labour relations continues ]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Federal Government continues its enthusiasm for change. As employers work through the last round of changes, another round of changes are on their way. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Landlord & Tenant alert: Integrating solar PV with the commercial property sector: can it be done? ]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[With ever-increasing electricity prices, a growing trend towards 'green leases' and commercial landlords imposing minimum 'renewable energy' requirements on tenants, the integration of solar power is becoming an increasingly relevant consideration for the commercial leasing sphere.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Important new Australian trade mark law comes into force on 15 April 2013]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Trade mark owners should note that significant changes which dramatically affect the way in which trade mark opposition proceedings will be run in Australia, come into force on 15 April 2013.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Friday, 12 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Trademark Clearinghouse now live: protect your brand online]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[ICANN has established a centralised database to assist brand owners to protect their trade marks after the expansion of available generic top-level domain names.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[High Court ruling confirms wide reach of proportionate liability]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the recent decision of Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 10, the High Court confirmed that proportionate liability will apply to the advantage of defendants in a wide range of circumstances.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Friday, 05 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse opened this week. The Commission's chairman, provided information on how future private and public hearings would be conducted.]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Thursday, 04 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Unfair contract terms and off-the-plan sales - revisited]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Although the property industry was not subjected to the ACCC's review of standard form contracts, certain key issues highlighted by the ACCC in its report are nonetheless relevant when considered in the context of standard form contracts for the sale of land. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tuesday, 02 Apr 2013 +1100</pubDate>
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