As announced in the Queensland State Budget 2016, additional foreign acquirer duty (AFAD) will be introduced in Queensland on 1 October 2016. This is an additional amount of transfer duty, landholder duty or corporate trustee duty on particular transactions when foreign purchasers acquire certain residential land.

Last week was a big week in Queensland State Parliament, with a number of historic pieces of legislation introduced or passed.

The Legal Practitioners Admissions Board gives notice of an admission sitting to take place at the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland on Monday the 10th day of October 2016.