Could I go to jail for that?
Criminal Prosecution for Corporate Crime in Australia Australia’s statutory landscape for criminal prosecution of corporate crime is a mess – and it’s not just…
ASIC and ATO Compliance for Small Businesses: A Checklist
The challenges of 2020 saw ASIC and the ATO offer relief to small businesses in the hope of keeping them afloat: limiting personal liability…
Cybercrime and Small Businesses: Are you protected?
In 2019 Gillian Franklin (founder of The Heat Group, a Melbourne-based wholesale cosmetics company) was in London preparing to knock the socks of Tesco’s…
Small Businesses in 2021: 5 Things to be aware of
2020 is over – and good riddance! While we’re all ready for a fresh start, it doesn’t mean that 2021 is going to be…
Everyone Deserves a Fair Go
‘I see (the defendants) as vulgar, anti-establishment, antisocial and unpragmatic, but none of those things are indictable’ – Robert Schultz (Prosecutor), The Trial of…
Tax Crime – What are the Criminal Consequences?
How do you lose $8.7 billion? It’s got us scratching our heads. But according to the ABC, that’s how much the Australian Government lost…
When police powers go too far: incitement charges in Victoria
If you haven’t watched The Social Dilemma yet, put it next on your to-watch list. Better yet, substitute the 144 minutes the average person…
Things that make you go what?! The most absurd breaches of law during COVID-19
It’s time for a break from all the heavy legal stuff and COVID-19 impacts we’ve been writing about. As 2020 rolls on, we thought…
Con artists, coronavirus and fraud: What you need to know
Goodbye $12, 712, 415. That’s how much money Australians lost in June 2020 to coronavirus scams. 15, 491 cases were reported, according to Scamwatch.…
Were there any alternatives? Police powers and COVID-19
At the peak of the nation’s COVID-19 control measures, police were granted sweeping powers over Australian citizens. Leaving your house without a reasonable excuse…