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CommonOffences
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Common offences and Assault An assault under the Criminal Code is any act that applies or threatens to apply force to another person or persons. The Criminal C...
WALawHandbook
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Western Australian Law Handbook Welcome to the Western Australian Law Handbook: an easy to read guide to law in Western Australia.It is an indispensable plain Eng...
ChildrenAndYoungPeople
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Children and Young People and * Protection and care Introduction * Protection and care When a child is in need of protection * Protection and care ...
HECSDebts
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HECS debts and On 1 January 2005 a new suite of loans known as the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) came into effect, introduced under the Higher Educatio...
MedicareLevy
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Medicare levy and This levy is imposed on your taxable income and is designed to help cover the cost of the health system which operates in Australia. The most ...
Rebates
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Rebates and Offsets and A rebate (also known as a tax offset) operates as a tax reduction. It is subtracted from your tax after your tax payable has been calcul...
TaxRates
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Tax rates and Taxable Income Tax Payable 0 18,200 Nil 18,201 37,000 Nil 19% of excess over 18,200 37,001 90,000 3,572 32.5% of e...
AllowableDeductions
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Allowable deductions and As indicated above, your assessable income is reduced by your allowable deductions in order to determine your taxable income. There are...
TheTaxReturn
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The tax return and Do you have to file a tax return? Generally, if you have earned over the minimum taxable income you must lodge a tax return . If you are an...
HowIsYourTaxLiabilityDetermined
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How is your tax liability determined? and You are liable to pay tax on your taxable income earned over an income year. For the vast majority of taxpayers, the i...
AssessableIncome
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Assessable income and Residents of Australia are assessed on their gross income from all sources. Non residents are assessed on the gross income from Australian...
CrimeOther
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Other and Extra territorial reach A recent development in state and Commonwealth criminal law has been the inclusion of statutory provisions allowing domestic ...
AppealingASentence
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Appealing a sentence and A person can appeal against a sentence based on the sentencing court making a direct error about the law or facts or on the basis of th...
Search
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Search and Searching a person Police also have the power to conduct any search if the person concerned agrees to it. Once an arrest has been made, police can s...
Arrest
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Arrest and An arrest occurs where a person is placed under the control of another person. An arrest can be made with or without a warrant. Arrest without warra...
CYPGoingToCourt
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Protection Care Going to Court and When the Department makes an application to take a child into care, the matter is dealt with in the Children’s Court of Wes...
TaxationContactPoints
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Contact points other useful resources Administrative Appeals Tribunal: http://www.aat.gov.au/ Australian Tax Office: https://www.ato.gov.au/ Office of State Rev...
ObjectionsReviewsAndAppeals
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Objections, reviews and appeals and You generally have either two years or four years in which to lodge an objection with the ATO after receiving a notice of as...
ChildrenAndTheCriminalLaw
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Children and the criminal law and Criminal responsibility A person under the age of 10 years is not criminally responsible for any act or omission (s. 29 WA Cr...
GeneralRights
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General rights and Rights as a child in civil law Contracts A person under the age of 18 in Western Australia is not bound by a contract. A contract entered i...
GettingHelp
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Protection Care Getting Help and Legal Advice Support A number of legal services provide advice and assistance with protection and care maters, ranging fro...
IfYouAreAChildInCare
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Protection Care Children in Care and If you are a child in care, or know a child in care, the Department have a guide called 'All about being in care'. This g...
AfterAChildIsTakenIntoCare
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Protection Care After a Child is taken into Care and This section is for parents whose child has been removed from their care by the Department. Provisional ...
BeforeAChildIsTakenIntoCare
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Protection Care Before a Child is taken into Care and This section is aimed at parents whose child has not yet been removed by the Department, such as where t...
WhenAChildIsInNeedOfProtection
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Protection Care When a Child is in Need of Protection and The Department is sometimes required to step in and assist families (through support or by removing ...
CareAndProtectionIntroduction
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Protection Care Introduction and Children in Care What may be known as ‘DCP’, 'Welfare' or ‘the Department’ refers to the Department of Communities, Child Pr...
CreditContactPoints
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Contact points useful resources and Contact points If you are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment, you can ring any number through the National Relay...
ConsumerLeases
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Consumer leases and What is a consumer lease? For the purposes of the NCC, a consumer lease is defined as a contract for the hire of goods by a natural person ...
RelatedSaleContractsAndInsuranceContracts
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Related sale contracts and insurance contracts and Sale contracts For the purposes of the NCC, a sale contract is a contract for any one or more of the followi...
PenaltiesForBreachNationalCreditCode
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Penalties for breach of the National Credit Code and A debtor, a guarantor, ASIC or a credit provider may apply to the court to make an order in respect of a co...
EnforcingAndEndingCreditContracts
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Enforcing and ending credit contacts, mortgages and guarantees and Enforcement of credit contracts, mortgages and guarantees A credit provider cannot begin enf...
ChangesToObligationsCreditContracts
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Changes to obligations under credit contracts, mortgages and guarantees and Unilateral changes by credit provider Certain changes to a credit contract can be m...
MortgagesAndGuarantees
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Mortgages and Guarantees and Mortgages A mortgage is a contract between a creditor (mortgagee) and a debtor (mortgagor) which secures obligations under a credi...
CreditContracts
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Credit Contracts and What is a credit contract? For the purposes of the National Credit Act and the NCC, a credit contract is a contract under which credit is ...
CoverageOfTheNationalCreditCode
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Coverage of the National Credit Code and Generally ASIC is the national regulator for consumer credit and consumer leases under the national credit legislation...
EmploymentLawInformationAndContacts
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Other employment law information and contacts and * Fair Work Commission – WA RegistryLevel 16, 111 St Georges Tce, PERTH WA 6000Phone: 1300 799 675Fax: (08)...
Employment
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Employment and This chapter describes the law of employment and the rights and remedies which are available under both the industrial relations systems and at c...
TerminationOfEmployment
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Termination of employment and An employee’s employment might be terminated for any number of reasons, including as a result of poor performance, employee miscon...
EnforcingYourEntitlements
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Enforcing your entitlements and Denied contractual benefits claim Where an employee has been denied a benefit to which they are contractually entitled under a ...
Bullying
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Bullying and Workplace bullying can be described as repeated and unreasonable or inappropriate behaviour directed at a worker, or group of workers, that creates...
WorkplaceRightsEqualOpportunityAndDiscrimination
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Workplace rights, equal opportunity and discrimination and General protections and workplace rights Under the FW Act, there are a range of workplace protection...
RestraintsAndPostEmploymentRestrictions
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Restraints and post employment restrictions and The primary mechanisms available to employers to protect confidential and proprietary information are: * to i...
ContractsOfEmployment
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Contracts of employment and Employee or independent contractor? The threshold question in determining the rights and duties of a worker is whether the individu...
AwardsAndAgreements
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Awards and agreements and National system Modern awards and enterprise agreements Modern awards Modern awards establish a safety net of terms and conditions...
EmploymentLawOverview
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An overview of employment law in Australia and Application of federal and state laws Australia has comprehensive laws governing employment at both state and fe...
CreditIntroduction
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Introduction and What is credit? Credit involves the referral of debt. This generally involves: * one party (debtor or borrower) receiving a benefit from an...
PlanningAndTheEnvironment
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Planning and the Environment and Penalties and enforcement The Planning and Development Act 2005 (WA) (as amended) imposes significant penalties for non compli...
Environment
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Environment and Environmental Protection Act 1984 (WA) – EP Act The EP Act is the main source of law dealing with environmental matters in WA. The long title o...
Planning
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Planning and Statutory background The Planning Development Act 2005 (WA) (PADA), as amended, and relevant case law will be referred to for the purposes of gi...
EnvironmentAndPlanning
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Environment and Planning and This chapter provides a broad overview of planning and environment law in Western Australia. However, the emphasis will be on plann...
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