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NDIS appeals. Minister’s plan to ‘blitz’ NDIS disputes backlog
Minister Bill Shorten’s new dispute resolution system aims to ‘blitz’ the number of NDIS appeals currently before the AAT. Plans are afoot to rehabilitate a ‘broken’ NDIS appeals system. These include the implementation of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)...
Recent NDIS legislation amendments – what you need to know?
Are you, or are you the carer of or authorised representative of, a NDIS participant? As of 1 July 2022, a few changes have been made to the legislation which the NDIA states: “….will enable the NDIA to make processes easier and better for NDIS participants.”* So,...
E-signing legal documents – what you need to know
Covid-19 has been a blight in most respects however, its impact on the experience of the corporate and business set has hastened lawmakers to appreciate and address the utility of technology in, well, making ‘things’ happen. Since Covid appeared, there have been...
3 Rules you need to know about online Terms and Conditions
If you run an online business, Terms and Conditions are essential. Terms and Conditions prescribe the way in which your business sells its goods and/or services to customers and clients including how online users interact with and use your website, social media sites...
YOUR LEGAL CHECKLIST FOR YOUR WEBSITE
Website checklist
Debt Recovery – should you see a lawyer?
Well, not at first. You should be exhausting all your own efforts to recover the debt including revisiting your business terms and conditions, contacting the debtor (some people are forgetful) and perhaps even issuing your own letter of demand, however, there are...
Disability Royal Commission (DRC) – Update
The DRC was established on 5 April 2019, its purpose being to examine the reasons why people with a disability are experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation and finding ways to prevent and protect people from having these experiences in the future. The...
Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with a disability
The Royal Commission was established on 5 April 2019 and The Honourable Ronald Sackville AO QC has been appointed as Chair of the Royal Commission. Its purpose is to examine the reasons people with a disability are experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and...