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Whilst so much has changed in the world around us, a school’s governance requirements under State legislation and relevant Guidelines remain to ensure that schools are meeting certain registration and accreditation requirements.

The JobKeeper package is an extremely important lifeline for Australian businesses, with more than 760,000 businesses registering for the $1,500 per fortnight wage subsidy with ATO in a little over a week.

Commercial property has been a key focus for policy makers, with a major component of the Prime Minister’s hibernation strategy being rent relief and the recently finalised Commercial Tenancy Code.

As a consequence of COVID-19, many businesses are facing or about to face unforeseen challenges and even financial distress. To equip you with the tools to respond to your client’s needs, watch our Affinity Critical Update webinar.

Every day has been like Christmas trading for essential retailers like Woolworths and Coles with significant supply and demand issues experienced in the past month – and not just for toilet paper.

Hot on the heels of the Cash Flow Boost, a $32 billion program itself, the Federal Government has announced the JobKeeper package at a massive cost of $130 billion.

The recent COVID-19 outbreak has caused extensive disruptions to the entire global economy.

Zoom has had security flaws identified and reported on for some time now. These flaws have been the aforementioned call hijacking, questionable encryption, call traffic being routed through Chinese servers and the more covert issue of Mac users being unknowingly forced into calls.

After continued jostling with industry groups over the weekend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison today revealed the final details of the mandatory Commercial Tenancies Code for commercial and retail leases. This is generally in line with the update the Prime Minister gave last Friday.

After three weeks of constant discussions with our primary care clients at the front line of the Covid-19 health crisis, there can be no doubt our country is incredibly lucky to be served by a group of professionals so dedicated not only to their own patients, but to the community as a whole.

In his statement following the latest meeting of the National Cabinet last week, Scott Morrison announced only one element of the plans for rent relief to deal with growing loss of income being experienced by Australians: a moratorium of 6 months on evictions due to financial distress.

With the world now in the midst of a global pandemic, businesses are facing disruptions across all aspects of their operations and in the marketplace. These disruptions are challenging for everyone in different ways — but for some businesses, it means confronting a very stark reality: heading into the zone of insolvency for reasons outside their control.