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State environmental planning policies (SEPPs) set the rules that control what developments can occur and they apply across the state. NSW’s State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022 came into effect on 1 October 2023. Its aim is to assist towards achieving the NSW’s net zero target for greenhouse gases by 2050 by encouraging the design and delivery of more ‘sustainable’ buildings.

There is no single definition of parental alienation, but occurs where a child’s resistance or hostility to one parent is not justified and is the result of psychological manipulation by the other parent. It happens when one parent deliberately undermines and damages the relationship that the other parent has with their child. For example, when one parent makes nasty comments, manipulates or makes untrue allegations.

If a tenant decides they will not be renewing their lease and plan to vacate the leased premises they occupy, they may have to consider their obligations to their landlord in respect of ‘making good’. Commercial and retail leases often have a make-good clause placing obligations on the tenant at the end of the lease.

Family structures have become more complex over the last few decades, with second and sometimes third marriages, a higher portion of people choosing not to marry but cohabit, and others choosing to get together in some manner in the last few years of their lives.

While Australian law allows anyone to leave any part of their estate to whom they wish, it also recognises a moral duty to adequately provide for their family (and possibly others).