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Last month, we launched legal action on behalf of three young Aboriginal men who have been held in prolonged solitary confinement. As a result, the policy under which they were placed in solitary confinement has now been suspended pending review.

After being held in solitary confinement for almost two months, prisoners take WA to court A human rights organisation calls for the end of solitary confinement in Australian prisons, after a legal challenge suspends the controversial practice in Western Australia.

The Commercial Tenancies (COVID-19 Response)
Regulations 2020 came into affect on 29 May 2020 and with it, the new Commercial Tenancies Code of Conduct.

Commercial tenants and landlords now have lease principles that must be followed when negotiating rent relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the new Code of Conduct provides processes and timelines that must be adhered to and consequences for when they are not.

If you have any questions in relation to the new Code of Conduct and how it may affect your commercial lease, please send us a message or call us on (08) 9325 4396.

The WA Government has announced a new package for land tax relief grants for commercial landlords.

To be eligible, commercial must provide rent relief that equates to a minimum of three months' rent and freeze outgoings to small businesses that have suffered at least a 30 per cent reduction in turnover due to . Landlords must also agree not to seek to recover this rent relief from at the end of the period.

Applications open 1 May 2020.

Media Statements - New $154.5 million relief package to support tenants, landlords and construction industry Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Media Statements