Background In December 2015 the State government released a bushfire reform package in response to planning and building recommendations from the Keelty Report into the Perth Hills bushfire of 2011...
This template form can serve as a record of authorised emergency plumbing work in remote aboriginal communities as required under Part 4A of the Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards Regulations...
Articles on the Yuanda building products audit, paint adhesion to white set plaster, emergency plumbing repairs in remote Aboriginal communities, changes to the Construction Contracts Act, industry...
Publication last updated 7 April 2021 Buying a property to rent out is a popular form of long-term investment in Australia. Before deciding to take on a rental property you should consider its value...
From 15 December 2016, important changes to the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (the Act) come into effect. These changes aim to improve the operation of, and access to, the rapid adjudication scheme...
Explaining the Schedule 1 requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act 2015. Every incorporated association has a set of rules (often called the constitution) which outlines how the association...
IMPORTANT: If you were enrolled prior to 1 July 2016 your old log in details will not work. To be able to manage the information about your association and lodge applications each person needs to...
To be able to manage the information about your association and lodge applications every AssociationsOnline user needs to be linked to their association. A user may choose to be linked as a primary...
Before you buy a home, it is recommended that you have a timber pest inspection report. The following information explains the law but does not substitute the legislation. You should get expert or...
29 November As of 1 December 2016 Consumer Protection will take a harder line when agencies do not lodge residential tenancy bonds within the required time. Section 29 of Residential Tenancies Act...
15 November 2016 The best way to ensure quality painting and plumbing work and to make sure only ‘fit and proper’ persons are entering your client’s homes and places of business is to engage...
An employee was fatally injured when the wooden box he was standing in overbalanced and fell on top of him. The employee had been using the box balanced on the tines of a forklift and raised to a...
A person engaged to assist with the day-to-day activities at a septic liquid waste pond facility drowned when he slipped into one of the ponds. On the day of the incident the person was required to...
4 November AIM Realty / Aman Deep Singh A Gosnells real estate agency described by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) as ‘incompetent’ has been ordered to pay a $25,000 penalty for mishandling...
The Building Act 2011 (the Act) requires certain inspections and tests to be conducted during or at completion of building work before a notice of completion is provided to the permit authority. The...
This sample form is not a formal document. It has been designed to include the information an inspection certificate must contain where one is required under regulation 27 or 28 of the Building...
Recently construction workers were exposed to asbestos whilst carrying out renovation work on a multi-storey building. A worker was using an electrical jackhammer to remove old waste pipes from a...
3 November 2016 Realty Executives / Keith Howes A Morley real estate agency has been reprimanded and fined by the State Administrative Tribunal for failing to comply with laws relating to the...
All real estate agents and real estate business agents who hold or receive money on behalf of others relating to a real estate transaction in Western Australia are required to open and maintain trust...
(The King and I Pty Ltd / Colin King / Paul King) The following information outlines details of a recent case that Consumer Protection took to the State Administration Tribunal (SAT). A former York...
These templates help small business employers meet their legal obligations for time and record keeping and keep accurate employee leave records. All state system employers are legally required to...
The purpose of this options paper is to seek stakeholder feedback into preferred drafting options to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 so that victims of family violence are able to achieve...