An Independent Children’s Lawyer (ICL) represents a child’s best interests. The Family Court can appoint an ICL under section 68L of the Family Law Act 1975, or on the application of a child, an organisation concerned with the welfare of children, or any other person, to represent and promote the best interests of a child in […]

The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023  received Royal Assent on 14 December 2023. Some of the changes introduced are as follows: Redundancy payment changes for small business Small business employers aren’t usually required to pay redundancy pay to employees who are made redundant.  However, a non-small business can become a small business as part

Resolution of Status Visa In 2020, the High Court of Australia handed down a decision in Love v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 3 (‘Love Case). This involved two plaintiffs, Mr Love and Mr Thoms. Both were born overseas and neither of them was Australian citizens. Mr Love was a Papua New Guinea (‘PNG’) citizen

As circumstances change, the needs of children often change and previous parenting orders are no longer relevant or need to be varied to take into account the changes in circumstances. Before proceeding with an application for variation, the applicant needs to be aware of the real risk of achieving a worse arrangement than is currently

Introduction This appeal was heard together with that in Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 141 (Singh).In both Singh and here, separate judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (FCCA) made findings that the same migration agent had engaged in fraudulent conduct in the course of making separate visa applications for his two clients