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August 2017

Changes To Fire Safety Requirements In The 2016 National Construction Codes – Could This Affect Your Project? Construction
28 August, 2017

Changes To Fire Safety Requirements In The 2016 National Construction Codes – Could This Affect Your Project?

  Following the Lacrosse Apartments fire in Melbourne, the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) began to develop a comprehensive package of fire safety measures for high rise buildings which was to be incorporated into the next version of the National Construction Code (NCC). However, following the Grenfell Tower fire in…
Victoria Caldwell
Changes to the Capital Gains Withholding Rules – What They Are and What They Mean To You Property & Projects
1 August, 2017

Changes to the Capital Gains Withholding Rules – What They Are and What They Mean To You

The Federal Government has reduced the threshold at which a vendor is required to provide a Foreign Resident Capital Gains Clearance Certificate (FRCGCC) to purchasers of real property. The new rules apply to all contracts for sale with a market value over $750,000 (previously $2,000,000) entered into from 1 July…
Victoria Caldwell