DP O’Keefe Macquarie Law is a legal office in Dubbo NSW Australia.
Dan O’Keefe is an experienced solicitor, accredited business law specialist, mediator and notary public.
Providing practical, cost-effective & confidential advice.
Come to us for a high level of service in a friendly & personal manner.
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We are OPEN & propose to remain open & available as much as possible
Some of the legal services we provide are essential. For instance, sales and purchases still need to go ahead.
We follow recommended health protocols. Please telephone or email us first if you have any concerns.
We need to behave and think differently in these extraordinary times. While maintaining social distance and good hygiene we try to stay connected, reach out to those isolated and work together as a community.
City Futures Research
The City Futures Research Centre, an initiative of the UNSW Built Environment faculty, brings together a variety of contemporary research and resources about urban design. Previous City Futures research found 72-85% of owners corporations had identified major defects in their buildings.
- Cracks in the compact city: defects in strata.
- COVID-19 Australian Property Market Dashboard
- Urban well-being resources & links
- Who lives in apartments?
- 2020 Australian & NZ strata insights
Replacing alert & alarmed with informed & engaged
In these challenging and uncertain times, could the answer be to: look up?
In an engagingly presented summary, neuroscientist Dr Fiona Kerr, believes that a simple technique can improve our mood, boost our brainpower and help us build our social connections.
(See The Art and Science of Looking Up by Dr Fiona King & Lekki Maze 66 pages)
Covid-19 Tax & Safe Work information
- Australian Tax Office (ATO) working from home
- ATO Practical Compliance Guideline - PCG 2020/3
- Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment if you live in NSW and can't earn an income because you must self-isolate, quarantine or care for someone due to COVID-19
- Boost to cash flow for employers
- Detailed infrographic on JobKeeper with recent changes to 28 March 2021
- Technical information on JobKeeper with recent changes to 28 March 2021
- JobKeeper payment information
- JobKeeper turnover test explanation - Tax Institute TaxVine 1 May 2020
- Safe Work Australia - National Covid-19 safe workplace principles
Links to legal help & information regarding Covid-19
- NSW government portal - rules, resources & updates
- Fair Trading NSW
- Legal Aid NSW fact sheets
- LawAccess tele 1300 888 529
- Residential tenants & landlords
- Commercial tenants & landlords leasing principles
- Commercial lease support links
- Bank relief measures for small business
- ACCC information for small business & consumers
- Telephone mediation family law - Early Resolution Assistance (ERA)
- University of Sydney Covid-19 dashboard
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