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How a child's views reach an Australian family court under section 60CC(2)(b), family reports, and the Independent Children's Lawyer's role under section 68LA.
Abandonment of employment in Australia is not a fixed 3-day or 14-day rule. It turns on contract repudiation, and treating it as automatic termination can still found an unfair dismissal claim.
How to get your medical records in Tasmania: public hospital records under PIPA and the RTI Act, private provider records under federal APP 12, timeframes, fees and complaints.
How to get your medical records in the Northern Territory: public health records under the Information Act 2002 (no fee for your own information), and private provider records under federal APP 12.
ACT child restraint law after the 30 Oct 2025 rewrite: the $641 fine under section 265A, holiday-period double demerits, and who the taxi exemption covers.
ACT demerit points explained: Access Canberra's 12-point full and 4-point novice thresholds, the pre-2020 legacy learner rule, and the probationary category.
ACT drink driving penalties under the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977: fines at the $160 penalty unit, mandatory interlock, and the awareness course reinstatement gate.
How probate works in the ACT: Supreme Court process, FY2026-27 fees, the 6-month family provision deadline from grant, and intestacy rules.
How the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2012 (ACT), amended by A2020-46, protects ACT public sector whistleblowers, the Integrity Commissioner and Ombudsman roles, and the reprisal and confidentiality penalties.
The ACT was first in Australia to abolish no-grounds eviction, on 1 April 2023. ACT tenant rights guide covering eviction grounds, bonds and ACAT.
The ACT is the only Australian jurisdiction that charges a fee, a flat $88 including GST, to collect your own unclaimed money. Who holds it, the three Acts, and how to claim.
How ACT workers compensation splits between WorkSafe ACT's private-sector scheme and the Commonwealth's Comcare, plus claim deadlines, weekly payments, and permanent loss lump sums.
How adverse possession works in every Australian state: the required period, the Torrens land rules, and why claiming government-owned land is barred or heavily restricted.
How adverse possession works in New South Wales: the 12-year period, the possessory title application under Part 6A of the Real Property Act, excluded land, and the fee.
How adverse possession works in Queensland: the 12-year statutory minimum, why Titles Queensland says applicants should be ready to prove 30 years, and the application process.
How adverse possession works in South Australia: the 15-year limitation period, why Torrens land needs a Part 7A application, and the caveat process.
How adverse possession works in Tasmania: the Limitation Act's 12 and 30 year periods, the Crown land exclusions, and the vesting order process.
The ACT has no adverse possession regime. Limitation Act 1985 s5 and Land Titles Act 1925 s69 bar any claim to registered land, leasehold or freehold.
Adverse possession does not exist in the Northern Territory. Land Title Act 2000 s198 bars any claim to registered land. What the law says and what applies instead.
How adverse possession works in Victoria: the 15-year period, the section 60 vesting order process, the six-category exclusion regime, and current fees.
How adverse possession works in Western Australia: the Limitation Act 2005's 12-year period, Landgate's possessory-title process, caveats, and fees.
Temporary debt protection, free financial counselling, hardship arrangements with lenders, and the small-business-restructuring boundary, as alternatives to bankruptcy in Australia.
How annual leave accrues under the Fair Work Act, taking and cashing out leave, why 17.5 percent loading isn't a national law, and what happens to leave on termination.
Tasmania calls it annulment, not spending. See the automatic 10 or 5-year period, what can never be annulled, and the court's power to revive an annulled conviction.
Australia defamation law: the 2021 serious-harm reforms, the public-interest defence, the damages cap, key cases, and how to sue, with statute citations.
Compare demerit thresholds, BAC limits, mobile phone fines, speeding bands and e-scooter legality across all eight Australian states and territories, verified July 2026.
How tenant rights differ across all eight Australian states and territories: no-grounds eviction, bonds, rent increases, tribunals and minimum standards.
NSW and the ACT switched on Australia's Stage 2 digital-intermediary defamation reforms on July 1, 2024, with Victoria following that September.
Registration on Australia's Do Not Call Register is free and now lasts indefinitely, not eight years. See section 14 eligibility, how registration works, exemptions and penalties.
Australia's Notifiable Data Breaches scheme under Part IIIC of the Privacy Act 1988: the serious harm test, the 30-day assessment and OAIC notification.
What the 2024 Privacy Act reforms changed and when, plus the tranche 2 exposure draft released 31 August 2026, with submissions closing 18 September 2026.
Australia's OAIC found on 16 July 2026 that the evidence did not show Qantas failed to take reasonable steps under the Privacy Act over its 2025 data breach, and declined a formal investigation.
Australia's social media minimum age law explained: covered platforms, exclusions, ID rules, penalties up to $54.6 million, and the pending High Court challenges.
Australia's new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy commenced 10 June 2025. See the five elements, defences, damages cap and the first case decided.
ACT BDM certificate fees, who can apply, birth and death registration deadlines, and the 30-year Historic Death Index, current as at 18 August 2026. Some figures need confirming with Access Canberra.
What the Australian Consumer Law covers: consumer guarantees, misleading and unconscionable conduct, current maximum penalties, and who enforces it.
A guide to the Australian Consumer Law: consumer guarantees, major vs minor faults, refunds, unfair contract terms, warranties and where to complain.
A directory to Australian employment law: the federal Fair Work Act framework, FY2026-27 pay and dismissal figures, and long service leave in all 8 states and territories.
A complete guide to Australian family law under the federal Family Law Act 1975: divorce, parenting orders, property settlement and child support.
How Australian law splits between federal and state, with a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction table covering tenancy, employment, driving, probate, fences, strata, firearms and working-with-children checks.
NSW splits the AVO into an ADVO for domestic relationships and an APVO for everyone else. See the Act, breach penalties, durations, and firearms consequences.
AVO is the New South Wales term for a protection order. See what your state or territory actually calls it, how long orders last, and how breach penalties and firearms rules compare.
Australia runs eight separate working with children schemes plus two kinds of national police check. See what each jurisdiction calls its check, what it costs, and how spent convictions differ by state.
Who pays when identity theft leads to an unauthorised bank transaction in Australia: the ePayments Code's $150 cap, when you're not liable, and how to complain to AFCA for free.
How bankruptcy, debt agreements and personal insolvency agreements work in Australia under the Bankruptcy Act 1966, what you keep, the consequences, and the alternatives, all administered by AFSA.
The legal requirements for a binding financial agreement in Australia, including independent legal advice, and when a court can set one aside.
Australia has no national vital records office. Compare each state and territory's birth, death and marriage certificate fees, who can apply, and how to order one.
Queensland's working with children check is the Blue Card, not the legacy "Yellow Card". Current fee, validity, penalties for working without one, and how it interacts with spent convictions.
What it costs to end a fixed-term tenancy early in Australia, notice periods, hardship applications and family violence pathways, by state and territory.
Recording your own phone call in Australia depends on state law, not federal wiretapping law. See the rule for every state and territory, with citations.
Admissibility of a secret recording in Australia is a two-part test. Only QLD, TAS and ACT add a statutory bar before the Evidence Act s 138 discretion.
Capsicum spray is a prohibited weapon in most of Australia. Western Australia is the exception since a 2024 law change. Tasers remain banned for civilians everywhere, including WA. Verified July 2026.
Casual employee rights in Australia: the section 15A definition, casual loading, and the employee choice pathway that replaced casual conversion from 26 August 2024.
Home security cameras face two separate Australian laws: one for video, one for audio. See which states regulate video, NSW's trespass test, and the audio trap.
Australia's child car seat rules by age, plus the actual fine, demerit points and double-demerit rules in each state and territory for FY2026-27.
NSW child car seat laws: the current $434 fine, 3 to 6 demerit points, the age-based restraint rules under Road Rules 2014 rule 266 (enforced via rule 264-1(1) since July 2024) and the taxi exemption; rideshare coverage unconfirmed.
Victoria child car seat laws: the real $418.20 on-the-spot fine versus the $2,091 court maximum, 3 demerit points, no double demerit scheme, and exemptions under rule 266A.
A step-by-step walkthrough of Australia's 8-step child support formula with a worked example using 2026 figures, and where to get a binding figure.
How Australian child support is assessed under the eight-step formula, the 2026 Child Support Period rates, and how it differs from family law property rules.
How to apply for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth): fees, the 30-day decision deadline, exemptions, and the review ladder to the Information Commissioner and the ART.