GMH LEGAL in Kogarah, New South Wales | Property lawyer

GMH LEGAL

Locality: Kogarah, New South Wales

Phone: +61 1300 464 594

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24.01.2022 Get it in writing :)

24.01.2022 Hear, hear http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au//16115-julian-burnside-pla

23.01.2022 A husband cannot be compelled to provide information which incriminates his wife. This age-old legal principle established in the English Courts in 1817 is now being agitated by one of the most senior Queens Counsel's in QLD to contest a $146 speeding fine. We wish him God Speed in his quest for justice! ... http://www.couriermail.com.au//story-fnn8dlfs-122729475453 See more

22.01.2022 On behalf of the staff of GMH Legal, and our families, we would like to thank you all for your patronage and support this year. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. To end the year on a high note, I'm sure you will enjoy this rendition of Leonard Cohens Hallelujah by Killard House Special School. See you all in 2017!

22.01.2022 The staff at GMH Legal would like to wish all our friends, family and colleagues a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

21.01.2022 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL KINDERGARTEN DAY! Today is international Kindergarten Day, which celebrates the birthday of Friedrich Froebe who was born in 1782 and started the first kindergarten in 1837, in Germany. Despite being popular in Germany, the Prussian government outlawed the schools in 1851. Froebe died a year later and it wasnt until 1860 that the Prussians relented and allowed the schools to continue. 1873 saw the first public kindergarten opened in the United States, in ...St Louis. The Kindergarten industry in Australia has flourished in recent years as a result of the incredibly generous childcare rebates offered by both the Labor and Liberal governments. Initially the childcare rebates was introduced as a measure to increase the Australian labour force participation rates in booming economic times. However its now become a staple of our middle class welfare system, which successive Australian governments may find it virtually impossible to wean the Australian public off the substantial concession in waning economic conditions.

20.01.2022 Joe Hockey is forcing the sale of a $39 million trophy residence within 90 days because the Chinese purchaser failed to gain approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). This could be the start of thousands of properties being forced back on the market in fire-sales if Joe Hockey wins out and forces the sale of this property. http://www.propertyobserver.com.au//40744-villa-del-mare.h

20.01.2022 GMH Legal's Traffic Law Update: http://gmhlegal.com/traffic-law-update-license-speeding-ap/

19.01.2022 Chinese regulators may turn off the money flow that is funding the Australian real estate bubble http://gmhlegal.com/chinese-regulators-turn-off-money-flow/

18.01.2022 Its all about traffic quirks today! http://gmhlegal.com/traffic-quirk-courtesy-of-lord-mayor-q/

17.01.2022 Payday Lenders booming in Australia - With the almost inexplicable month-on-month increase in Australian Consumer spending culminating to historic record highs in the last qtr 2014, it is no wonder that Payday Lenders are having a field day with the industry experiencing a lending boom in Australia. Australians are feeling wealthier with property prices entering the 'mania phase' predicted in the ever-reliable bubble asset chart created by Dr Rodrigue. As a result of feeli...ng wealthier (but not necessarily healthier or wiser), we're allowing ourselves to spend record amounts on household goods and motor vehicles. Coupled with the increased cost of living that far outpaces CPI increases, households are spending a higher proportion of their income on life necessities leaving little to no savings to deal with unexpected expenses. The ABS found around 13% of households could not raise A$2,000 in a week for something important and 17.9% had at least one cash flow problem in the last 12 months. By all measures, this is a modest figure considering the state of the Australian economy at the moment with high unemployment (underemployment at 8.6% and unemployment at 6.3% - seasonally adjusted downwards of course to account for political sensitivities), wages growth is low, the mining boom is now a distant memory, the slowing growth in the construction sector (that is investment in residential dwellings) slowing from 7.9% annual growth 6 months ago to 5.6% annual growth today. Throw into the bubbling mix of the Australian domestic economy international factors such as the slowing chinese economy and a furthering of restrictions on the outflow of money from China to Australia, and you can see that Australia could be at the frothy cusp of change. Back to the topic of today's article, a great recommended read in today's 'The Conversation' looks at the payday lending traps. https://theconversation.com/payday-lending-trap-requires-a-

16.01.2022 Today is the International Blasphemy Rights Day. However in light of Australia's Racial Discrimination Act, we can say no more...

15.01.2022 LEST WE FORGET - On the day that Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirms at APEC that Australian special forces troops will be moving into Iraq, we should never forget the young men and women who have been ordered into war, and sacrificed their lives.

15.01.2022 The government proposes to change the employee share option scheme on 1 July 2015. The proposed changes will mean that discounted options are generally taxed when they are converted to shares, rather than when the employee receives the options. The government will extend the maximum time for tax deferral from seven to 15 years. The scheme is designed to assist small start up companies with their employee incentive schemes. ... http://m.afr.com//tech_startups_welcome_expected_share_QH6

14.01.2022 Enjoy the long weekend and happy Labour Day!!

13.01.2022 PHARMACY OWNERS - IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE END Community pharmacy owners can mark down today's date as the beginning of the end for their industry. Already faced with tough competition from major pharmacy discount chains, and the constant waves of PBS reforms, they now have to contend with todays Competition Review recommending that the location rules for pharmacy's be abolished, along with the location rule that a pharmacy must also not be located within, or directly acce...ssible from, a supermarket. The Competition Review panel considered the outcomes of the deregulation of the Pharmacy location rules in overseas jurisdictions, and quoted Chemist Warehouse's submissions to the Competition Review which cited an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) review that assessed the impacts on competition of pharmacy sector deregulation in several European countries and found that (1) Accessibility of medicines to consumers increased due to the establishment of new pharmacies and the extension of opening hours, and (2) Price decreases were observed in many countries including a dramatic 42 per cent decrease in retail pharmacy prices in Denmark. The Consumers Health Forum, National Seniors Australia, Chemist Warehouse, and Professional Pharmacists Australia call for changes to the ownership and location rules stating that the end result of limiting competition and guaranteeing income has been to (1) Create a significant problem in community pharmacy that is leading to poor health outcomes, (2) stifling of innovation and (3) the taxpayer not receiving value for money. FINAL RECOMMENDATION: In the report released today, the Competition Review recommended that: "The Panel considers that current restrictions on ownership and location of pharmacies are not needed to ensure the quality of advice and care provided to patients. Such restrictions limit the ability of consumers to choose where to obtain pharmacy products and services, and the ability of providers to meet consumers preferences. The Panel considers that the pharmacy ownership and location rules should be removed in the long-term interests of consumers. They should be replaced with regulations to ensure access to medicines and quality of advice regarding their use that do not unduly restrict competition." http://competitionpolicyreview.gov.au//Competition-policy-

13.01.2022 The NSW Department of Education is undertaking a massive shakeup of the long day care sector with a new compulsory requirement that all officeholders, directors, managers and partners in a partnership submit to a written and verbal assessment as to their knowledge of the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW) (National Law) and its practical application to day to day scenarios that may occur at long day care centres. This compulsory verbal and written assessment will apply retrospectively to all currently approved Providers and to all future applications for Provider Approval.

12.01.2022 If politicians talking about metadata storage bore you to tears, perhaps you'd be interested in seeing how the tedious talk translates into reality? Thanks to Google, we can see exactly what's in store for all Australians because it's been doing this - often without people knowing - for years already. http://www.abc.net.au/technolo/articles//02/19/4183553.htm

12.01.2022 Today's Parliamentary Budget Offices analysis shows that Government Childcare payments will rise from 0.4 to 0.7 per cent of GDP, consuming $20 billion a year by 2025-26. As well, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which will be costing 1.1 per cent of GDP by 2025-26 consuming $32.2 billion a year by 2025-26. These costs are being offset by big cuts in family benefits, which are forecast to fall from 1.4 per cent of GDP to 0.9 per cent, a cut of $14.6 billion a year ...by 2025-26. Spending on unemployment benefits are expected to fall from 0.7 to 0.5 per cent of GDP, being a further cut of $5.9 billion a year by 2025-26. http://www.theaustralian.com.au//story-fn59nsif-1227413492

12.01.2022 RBA DOWNPLAYS SYDNEY HOUSE PRICES- The RBA has been caught out abandoning its traditionally used linear scale - in favor of a log scale - in its newly released Chart Packs . Its clearly an attempt by the RBA to downplay the galloping housing price increases in Sydney over the past few years. Attached is the RBA published 'log scale' and the adjusted 'linear scale'. http://www.rba.gov.au/chart-pack/household-sector.html

11.01.2022 The NSW Government has amended the laws regarding the management of apartment buildings allowing 75% of owners in apartment blocks will be able to sell the entire building to developers, regardless of objections from the other 25%. Essentially the 25% of the apartment block owners will be forced to sell. http://gmhlegal.com/new-laws-introduced-on-30-november-201/

10.01.2022 Congratulations go to our client Melling Capital Management on their launch of their Wholesale Management Investment Scheme!! Melling Capital Management currently manages over $500 million in Superannuation trusts, and we are confident that its Wholesale Management Investment Scheme will be just as successful. http://mellingcapital.melling.com.au/

09.01.2022 Have a read of Michael Jackson's Will below: Half of all Australians die without a will, according to the ASIC, meaning the law decides where your assets go, potentially favouring relatives you resent.

09.01.2022 Happy New Year to our family, friends and colleagues!!! We hope that 2015 is a blessed and prosperous year for everyone!

07.01.2022 Rest in peace former prime minister Gough Whitlam - dead at 98 Gough Whitlam made 103 pre-election promises prior to the 1972 election that swept him into power. And he kept every single one of them. Former prime minister Paul Keating issued a statement today about the passing of Gough Whitlam in his usual eloquence: ... "Gough Whitlam changed the way Australia thought about itself and gave the country a new destiny. A more inclusive and compassionate society at home - a more engaged and relevant country abroad. He snapped Australia out of the Menzian torpor - the orthodoxy that had rocked the country asleep, giving it new vitality and focus. But more than that, bringing Australia to terms with its geography and place in the region. Along his journey he also renovated the Labor Party, making it useful again as an instrument of reform to Australian society. He will be missed by all who identified with his values and determination to see Australia a better place. But no one will miss him more than his family."

06.01.2022 Today is "Go Home on Time Day". The only day at GMH Legal where we're all allowed out by 5:30:) http://www.gohomeontimeday.org.au/

06.01.2022 Hmmm.... worth a try!

06.01.2022 Growing cannabis legally will be a step closer on Sunday when federal legislation comes into effect allowing the drug to be grown for medicinal purposes. Australia enacted the Narcotics Drugs Amendment Bill of 2016 to establish licensing and permit schemes for the cultivation and production of cannabis and cannabis resin for medicinal and scientific purposes. http://gmhlegal.com/australians-can-apply-to-grow-cannabis-

05.01.2022 Real estate agents will be subject to greater penalties, including forfeiture of commission and any fees from a particular sale if they are found guilty of underquoting property prices. The Bill received assent on 23 October 2015. The Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello, has recently introduced new laws to provide greater protection to buyers who are purchasing property. https://www.finance.nsw.gov.au//new-underquoting-laws-what

04.01.2022 SUPREME COURT OF NSW ANNOUNCES NEW SPECIALISED REAL ESTATE PROPERTY LIST The Supreme Court of NSW has announced the establishment of a standalone Real Property List in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of NSW to deal with the overwhelming number of Real Estate related litigation matters being commenced in NSW, and coincides with the booming property market and a changing property landscape. The Chief Justice has designated Justice Rowan Darke, a Judge of the Equity Div...ision, to be the List Judge of the Real Property List. The Real Property List will deal with all matters involving claims in respect of land or interests in land including claims in respect of contracts for the sale of land and in respect of leases of land.

03.01.2022 ATO targeting property investors - A recent taxpayer alert concerning property development and the use of trusts is significant for property developers. http://gmhlegal.com/ato-targeting-property-investors/

02.01.2022 CIVIL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR, GMH LEGAL GMH Legal have just been announced the Civil Law Firm of the Year winners in the ACQ LAW AWARDS (now celebrating their 10th Anniversary). The ACQ Law Awards celebrate achievement, innovation and brilliance in the Legal industry. We have a proud history of fighting for our client's best interests at GMH Legal - and we look forward to continuing this legacy into the far future.

02.01.2022 'We need a better legal system' Incoming ACT Bar Association president Shane Gill said the organisation would continue to press for a legal system that delivers better justice. http://m.canberratimes.com.au//act-bar-association-welcome