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Expert articles and practical legal guides on contracts for australian businesses.
Employee or Contractor? Legal Issues for Australian Security Companies
Security companies often use contractor models for flexibility, but a wrong worker classification can lead to award, super, insurance and sham contracting
6 July 2026
Customer Safety and Compliance Issues for Australian Property Maintenance Businesses
Customer safety compliance for Australian property maintenance businesses goes beyond site hazards. This guide covers contracts, WHS, licences
6 July 2026Commission, Bonus and Incentive Terms for Australian Commercial Fitout Businesses
Commission, bonus and incentive terms can drive growth in a commercial fitout business, but vague drafting often leads to disputes over timing, margin
6 July 2026Managing Contractors and Freelancers in an Online Marketplace Business
Using contractors and freelancers in an online marketplace can create flexibility, but it also raises real legal risks around worker classification
6 July 2026
Pre-construction Services Agreements: Key Terms to Include for Australian Businesses
Pre-construction services agreements can shape project cost, timing and risk well before building work starts. This guide explains the key terms
6 July 2026
Indemnity Clauses in Australian Creative Agency Contracts
An indemnity clause in a creative agency contract can expose your business to far more risk than the project fee suggests. Here’s what Australian agencies
6 July 2026
Indemnity Clauses in Australian Commercial Leases
An indemnity clause in a commercial lease can make your business responsible for far more than obvious damage to the premises. This guide explains how
6 July 2026
Commercial Lease Terms for Industrial Equipment Suppliers: Fitout, Access and Use
For industrial equipment suppliers, lease clauses on fitout, access and permitted use can be more important than rent. This guide explains what to check
6 July 2026
Trigger Events In Shareholder Agreements: A Practical Guide For Startups
When you start a business with a co-founder, it’s easy to focus on the exciting parts: building the product, signing customers, hiring your first team member, and pitching investors. But if you’re...
6 July 2026
Hospitality Award Wage Rates for Australian Employers
Hospitality award wage rates can be tricky for Australian employers, especially when classifications, casual loading, penalty rates and salaries all
5 July 2026
What It Means To Make Representations In Contracts
When you’re negotiating a deal, it’s normal to “talk up” what you can do - a delivery timeframe, a product feature, an expected sales result, or the condition of an asset you’re...
4 July 2026
Substitute Signatory: A Practical Guide For Australian Businesses And Startups
If you run a small business or startup, you probably sign a lot of documents. Customer contracts, supplier terms, leases, banking paperwork, NDAs, employment documents, shareholder paperwork - the list adds up...
3 July 2026What Happens to Contracts When a Company Enters Liquidation?
When you’re running a small business, contracts are everywhere - supplier agreements, customer terms, leases, software subscriptions, contractor arrangements, distribution deals, and more. So if one of your key customers or suppliers...
3 July 2026
Instantaneous Communication in Contract Law for Australian Businesses
Instantaneous communication can change when a contract is formed, whether a deadline was met, and whether your business is actually bound. This guide
3 July 2026
Lease Terms to Check for an Australian Packaged Food Business Fit-out
Fitting out a packaged food premises in Australia can go wrong fast if your lease does not cover access, approvals, utility upgrades and rent timing. Here
3 July 2026
Carbon Abatement Contracts: What to Know Before You Sign
Carbon projects are no longer just for big energy players. Across Australia, we’re seeing more small and mid-sized businesses being approached to participate in emissions reduction activities - from land and vegetation...
2 July 2026
How ASIC Impacts Your Shareholders Agreement
If you’re building a startup or growing an SME in Australia, there’s a good chance you’ll eventually have shareholders. That might mean co-founders splitting ownership, a seed investor coming on board, or...
2 July 2026
Employment Variation Letter Template: Legally Amending Contracts In Australia
As your business grows, your team’s roles, hours and working arrangements will naturally change too. You might be promoting someone into a new position, moving a staff member to part-time hours, updating...
1 July 2026
Are Electronic Signatures Legal In Australia?
If you run a small business or startup, you’re probably signing (and sending) a lot of documents: customer agreements, supplier terms, NDAs, employment paperwork, and more. Doing this with “wet ink” signatures...
1 July 2026
Contractor Proposal Template: What to Include to Protect Your Work
If you engage contractors (designers, developers, consultants, tradies, marketing specialists, virtual assistants - the list goes on), you’ve probably been asked to “send a proposal” before anyone will lock you in. It’s...
1 July 2026
Employee Loan Agreement Template in Australia: Practical Guide
At some point, many growing businesses get asked a question that sounds simple but can get complicated fast: “Can the company lend me money?” Maybe it’s an employee requesting an advance for...
1 July 2026
Termination Clauses in Contracts for Australian Remote Work Software Companies
A termination clause can decide how cleanly an Australian remote work software company exits a customer, supplier or contractor deal. Here’s what to check
1 July 2026
How To Execute Deeds Electronically In Victoria
Running a business in Victoria often means signing documents quickly - whether you’re securing funding, onboarding a key supplier, finalising a lease arrangement, or documenting a major change to an existing contract....
1 July 2026
How To Respond To A Breach Notice And Avoid Termination
If you run a small business, few things are as stressful as receiving a breach notice (or having to issue one). Whether it’s a commercial lease, a supply contract, a services agreement,...
1 July 2026
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