Australians will no longer have to adhere to an annoying legal requirement in a move that’s promised to simplify daily life and save people money. The federal government has introduced legislation to ...

Winter cold and flu season is in full swing and, with COVID in the mix too, a lot of workers may be seeking documented evidence when taking sick or carer's leave. Many workplaces will accept a medical ...

In what the government expects to be a major boost to productivity, statutory declarations will be able to be done digitally from January 1 next year. The government says new legislation, passed by ...

New laws allowing digital statutory declarations will make it easy to apply online for a raft of federal services such as passport renewals, Australian visas, health services, election enrolment, ...

Question: I am taking a lease that is contracted out of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. My solicitor says I must swear a statutory declaration in front of another solicitor at a different firm. Is ...

Digital statutory declarations were adopted in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes, now made permanent, impact a range of visa applicants including worker, student and partner visas. The ...

One of the last vestiges of centuries of paper and ink has finally fallen, after federal attorney-general Mark Dreyfus wrote into law the permanent ability to use digital execution, electronic ...

The federal government has introduced legislation to permanently allow declarations to be made with electronic signatures and video-link witnessing. The measures were temporary during Covid-19. The ...

“ The Court finds on the evidence that the amounts claimed by the general contractor are not subject to any reserves pursuant to the statutory declarations and quittances it issued to the project ...