The Lot Collection | 2025

Welcome to The Lot Collection, our bulletin on the key issues impacting the Australian development sector. 

Here, you’ll find legal insights into topics including FIRB, tax, finance, construction, structuring and real estate, as well as key business issues like anti-money laundering, cyber security and employment law. 

We hope you find our insights useful – and if you have any questions, or would like to discuss any issue further, please reach out to the relevant article author. 

• Victoria’s crackdown on underquoting: new property reserve price disclosure laws

  By

  • Viviane Karoumbalis

  Agents will be required to publish vendors’ reserve prices at least seven days before auction day or fixed date of sale.

• Domestic Building Contracts Amendment Act 2025: key changes for developers, owners and builders

  By

  • Simone Holding
  ,
  • Phey Goh
  &
  • Vujan Krunic

  We summarise some of the key changes, which will come into operation on a date to be proclaimed – and by no later than 1 December 2026.

• Anti-Money Laundering Reforms: New regulatory requirements which may apply to property developers

  By

  • Stephen Dyason
  &
  • Julian Smith

  The Federal Government has introduced reforms to Australia’s ‘Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorism Financing’ laws.

• Property Taxation in Victoria - Your Guide at 1 July 2025

  By

  • Michael Taylor-Sands

  We provide a tax cheat sheet for Victorian property investors.

• New tax relief measures for build-to-rent – what investors need to know

  By

  • Andrew Wright
  &
  • Tristam Feder

  New Federal tax relief measures provide greater incentives for investment.

• Major Foreign Investment Review Board guidance notes updates - what you need to know

  By

  • Heidi Macuz

  There are stricter rules for foreign persons wanting to purchase residential property in Australia.