{"id":19728,"date":"2026-10-21T15:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/?p=19728"},"modified":"2026-10-21T15:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:46:37","slug":"written-warning-sick-leave-visa-fair-work-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/bn\/written-warning-sick-leave-visa-fair-work-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning for Calling in Sick, Then a Hint About Your Visa? How a Lawyer Reads That"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19728\" class=\"elementor elementor-19728\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d233a9 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7d233a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7188355c\" data-id=\"7188355c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-563a5eed elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"563a5eed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-bd9acfa elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/bn\/2026\/10\/21\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>\u0985\u0995\u09cd\u099f\u09cb\u09ac\u09b0 21, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bcdb1da elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bcdb1da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Warning for Calling in Sick, Then a Hint About Your Visa? How a Lawyer Reads That<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42997b52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"42997b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a98be6e elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNathan Kershler\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ffb4720 elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"3ffb4720\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bad8fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bad8fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kingsford-white-collar-crime-fraud-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19737\" alt=\"Woman in a grey cardigan sitting at a kitchen bench, looking worried as she checks her phone after calling in sick\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-774406da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"774406da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f30c68\" data-id=\"5f30c68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3afa62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e3afa62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background:#DFE4E9;border-left:6px solid #3B84AF;border-radius:6px;padding:28px 32px;margin:32px 0;font-family:inherit;color:#33373D;line-height:1.6;\">\r\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#245A94;\">The short version<\/p>\r\n  <div style=\"width:48px;height:2px;background:#B4A178;margin:0 0 18px;\"><\/div>\r\n  <ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:22px;list-style:disc;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin:0 0 14px;color:#33373D;\">Most employees have a <strong style=\"color:#101729;\">legal entitlement to call in sick<\/strong>. It&rsquo;s not a favour from your employer. Using it is a &lsquo;workplace right&rsquo;.<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin:0 0 14px;color:#33373D;\">Your <strong style=\"color:#101729;\">employer is allowed to ask for evidence<\/strong>. This needs to be something &lsquo;that would satisfy a reasonable person&rsquo;, not whatever the manager decides to accept.<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin:0 0 14px;color:#33373D;\">Getting a written warning for taking sick leave can have <strong style=\"color:#101729;\">legal consequences for your employer<\/strong>. Under the Fair Work Act, unlawful treatment isn&rsquo;t limited to being fired.<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin:0;color:#33373D;\">When the employer&rsquo;s reason is disputed, the law <strong style=\"color:#101729;\">leans toward the employee<\/strong>. And a boss who brings your visa into a sick-leave dispute has handed everyone a very interesting piece of evidence.<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35bced3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35bced3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here\u2019s a situation that comes up in workplace forums more often than you might expect.<\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">An employee wakes up unwell and calls in.\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">They have a medical certificate.\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">A few days later, they are given a written warning for the absence.\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">They push back.\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">And somewhere in that conversation, the manager mentions the employee&#8217;s visa, not as a threat exactly, just as a reminder of how things work.<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ol><p>No one has been fired or lost anything. So, is there really a legal issue?<\/p><p><strong>There certainly can be<\/strong>. This article is about the part of employment law that sits before any dismissal, and that many people don&#8217;t realise they can use.<\/p><h2><b>First, what the law actually asks of you when you&#8217;re sick<\/b><\/h2><p>Most employees are entitled to paid personal leave when they can&#8217;t work because of illness or injury. It\u2019s worth mentioning that this doesn\u2019t include \u2018casuals\u2019, who are not covered in the same way. The Fair Work Act sets out what you have to do to use it (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.au\/C2009A00028\/latest\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">section 107<\/a>).<\/p><p>There are two parts.<\/p><p><strong>Notice<\/strong>. You have to tell your employer you&#8217;re taking the leave and roughly how long for, <strong>as soon as practicable<\/strong>. The Act expressly allows that to be after the leave has started. So a 6 am text when you&#8217;re too ill to get out of bed is notice. It doesn&#8217;t need to be an official form or a formal email.<\/p><p><strong>Evidence<\/strong>. If your employer asks for it, you have to give evidence that &#8216;<strong>would satisfy a reasonable person<\/strong>&#8216; that the leave was for a genuine illness or injury. That is the test. It isn&#8217;t &#8216;evidence your manager personally finds convincing&#8217;, and it isn&#8217;t a special document.<\/p><p>The Fair Work Ombudsman says a medical certificate or a statutory declaration are both examples of acceptable evidence, and that what&#8217;s asked for must be reasonable, given the circumstances. Your award or enterprise agreement can have its own rules about this, so it is worth checking your specific contract.<\/p><p>Notice what <strong>section 107<\/strong> does <strong>not<\/strong> say. It doesn&#8217;t say you have to tell your employer what&#8217;s wrong with you. The question is whether the evidence shows you were unfit for work, not what your diagnosis was.<\/p><h2><b>When the boss decides the certificate isn&#8217;t good enough<\/b><\/h2><p>A version of this story comes up surprisingly often. An employee provides a GP\u2019s medical certificate, but their manager rejects it after doing their own online research. In one widely shared example, the manager reportedly used a pollen forecast to decide the employee couldn\u2019t have been that sick.<\/p><p>A lawyer looking at that would ask a simple <strong>question: what evidence did the employer<\/strong> <strong>have that a reasonable person wouldn&#8217;t accept the certificate? <\/strong>A certificate from a registered medical practitioner will usually be the kind of thing a reasonable person accepts. A manager&#8217;s own Google search is not medical evidence. The Fair Work Ombudsman has also said it doesn&#8217;t consider it reasonable for an employer to ring the employee&#8217;s doctor for further information.<\/p><p>That doesn\u2019t mean employers are always wrong to question a medical certificate. They can ask for evidence, and sometimes there are valid reasons to look more closely. But there\u2019s a difference between asking for evidence and deciding you know better than a doctor. Knowing where that line sits can make all the difference when you\u2019re called into a meeting with HR.<\/p><h2><b>&#8216;Can you come in for a chat?&#8217;<\/b><\/h2><p>The next step is often a meeting. It might be called a welfare check, a return-to-work chat or a discussion about attendance.<\/p><p>A few practical points to consider:<\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The Act doesn&#8217;t give<strong> you a general right to bring someone to a workplace meeting like this<\/strong>. However, your award, enterprise agreement or workplace HR policy may allow it. Check what applies to you, and ask if you can bring someone along.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Ask what the meeting is about, in writing, before you go.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">After it, <strong>write down what was said<\/strong> while you remember it, with the date and who was there.<\/li><\/ul><p>This might seem like a small detail, but it matters. When a dispute comes down to one person\u2019s word against another\u2019s, a note written on the day carries much more weight than a memory recalled six months later.<\/p><h2><b>A warning is not &#8216;just a warning&#8217;<\/b><\/h2><p>Here is where a lot of people stop. If nobody has been sacked, they assume there&#8217;s nothing to complain about.<\/p><p>The general protections part of the Fair Work Act doesn&#8217;t work like that. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.au\/C2009A00028\/latest\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section 340<\/a> says a person must not take <strong>adverse action<\/strong> against someone <strong>because <\/strong>they have a workplace right, have exercised it, or propose to. Using an entitlement under the National Employment Standards, like personal leave, is a right.<\/p><p>And &#8216;adverse action&#8217;, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.au\/C2009A00028\/latest\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">section 342<\/a>, isn&#8217;t limited to dismissal. For employer against employee, it also includes <strong>injuring the employee in their employment, altering the employee&#8217;s position to their prejudice, and discriminating between that employee and others<\/strong>. Whether a warning counts depends on the circumstances, including what it says and what happens next.\u00a0<\/p><p>But the law covers more than just \u2018being sacked\u2019.<\/p><h2><b>The question that decides these cases is <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why<\/span><\/i><\/h2><p>Here is what a lawyer will focus on: <strong>why did the employer give the warning<\/strong>? This question is essentially the whole fight.\u00a0<\/p><p>The employer&#8217;s answer will usually be something like: <i>it wasn&#8217;t about the sick leave; it was about attendance<\/i> or <i>about not following the procedure<\/i>. The employee argues that they were warned for taking sick leave.<\/p><p>Section 340 only applies if the employer acted for a prohibited reason. Proving that can be difficult because the reason often comes down to what was in the manager\u2019s head.<\/p><p>That\u2019s where the Act helps. Under<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.au\/C2009A00028\/latest\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> section 361<\/a>, if an employee alleges that an employer took action for a prohibited reason, the <strong>employer must prove that it didn\u2019t<\/strong>. In other words, the burden of proof shifts to the employer.<\/p><p>Two limits that need to be considered:<\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The employee must establish the basics. They need to show that they had a workplace right and that the employer took action covered by the Act.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The employee doesn&#8217;t automatically win. The employer can still defend the claim by showing that the warning was given for a legitimate, documented reason unrelated to sick leave.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why the details matter:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The timing: When the warning was issued.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Consistency: Whether other employees with similar absences were treated the same way.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The policy: What the workplace rules actually say.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The conversation: What the manager said during the meeting.<\/li><\/ul><h2><b>Where the visa comes in<\/b><\/h2><p>This all brings us to the very thing that made this scenario worth writing about.<\/p><p>When a manager links someone&#8217;s visa to a sick-leave dispute, whether as a threat or a &#8216;just so you know&#8217;, it matters for a specific legal reason. It is not that the comment is automatically unlawful by itself. It is evidence about the employer&#8217;s reason.\u00a0<\/p><p>If the question is <i>Why did you give her a warning?<\/i>, a manager who has mentioned the employee&#8217;s immigration status during the same dispute has made it much harder to say the reason was purely attendance-based.<\/p><p>This matters outside the courtroom, too. Employees on visas may hear a comment like this and feel they have no choice but to stay quiet and sign whatever they&#8217;re given. <strong>But you don&#8217;t have to accept unfair treatment<\/strong> just because you&#8217;re on a visa. The law doesn&#8217;t require you to simply go along with it.<\/p><p><i>To be clear<\/i>, we can\u2019t advise you on how your visa might be affected. For that, speak to a registered migration agent or immigration lawyer as early as possible. We can, however, explain the employment side of things: <strong>whether your employer\u2019s actions could amount to adverse action and what options you may have<\/strong>.<\/p><h2><b>What to do this week<\/b><\/h2><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Keep everything. The certificate, the texts you sent to say you were sick, the warning, and any emails.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Write a timeline today. Dates, who said what, who was in the room.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Think before you sign anything. A warning often comes with a page that says &#8216;acknowledged&#8217;. Read what it actually says you are acknowledging, and if you disagree, you can say so in writing.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Reply in writing where you can. Be calm, factual, and make no accusations.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Don&#8217;t assume your visa means you can&#8217;t speak up. Get advice on both sides of this. Acting early can make all the difference.<\/li><\/ul><p>You may also be able to get free help from the Fair Work Ombudsman for questions about your entitlements. We\u2019d encourage you to take advantage of this if you can.<\/p><p>For more information on your workplace rights, see our guides on <a href=\"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/employer-underpaying-wages-fair-work-rights\/\">underpaid wages<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/workplace-bullying-rights-au\/\">workplace bullying<\/a>.<\/p><h2><b>You don&#8217;t need to have the answer worked out<\/b><\/h2><p>If something like this has happened to you, you don&#8217;t need to be sure it&#8217;s unlawful before you ask. That&#8217;s what the first conversation is for.<\/p><p>Kingsford Lawyers acts for employees Australia-wide. 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email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31dd8010 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"31dd8010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50ecc5df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50ecc5df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent Posts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc26cd3 premium-blog-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-blog\" data-id=\"5dc26cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_blog_columns_number&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;,&quot;premium_blog_columns_number_tablet&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;,&quot;premium_blog_grid&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;premium_blog_layout&quot;:&quot;even&quot;,&quot;premium_blog_columns_number_mobile&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-blog.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-wrap  premium-blog-even\" data-page=\"19728\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-outer-container\" data-total=\"14\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-container premium-blog-skin-classic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-wrapper empty-thumb\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-inner-container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-blog-entry-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/bn\/white-collar-crime-charges-fraud-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\tWhite Collar Crime Charges in Australia: What Fraud Actually Covers, and Why It&#8217;s Treated Differently\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-blog-meta-separator\">\u2022<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-time premium-blog-meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-calendar-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>\u09b8\u09c7\u09aa\u09cd\u099f\u09c7\u09ae\u09cd\u09ac\u09b0 18, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-inner-wrapper\">\n\t\t<p class=\"premium-blog-post-content\">When most people think of &#8220;white-collar crime,&#8221;\u00a0 they imagine things like a courtroom drama with a corporate executive, a fraud squad raid \u2026<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-outer-container\" data-total=\"14\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-container premium-blog-skin-classic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-wrapper empty-thumb\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-inner-container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-blog-entry-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/bn\/traffic-offence-licence-qld-nsw\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\tCharged With a Traffic Offence in QLD or NSW? What Actually Decides Whether You Keep Your Licence\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-blog-meta-separator\">\u2022<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-time premium-blog-meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-calendar-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>\u0986\u0997\u09b8\u09cd\u099f 17, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-inner-wrapper\">\n\t\t<p class=\"premium-blog-post-content\">Charged in QLD or NSW? Which state you're in changes everything about your licence. Know your options before your court date.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-outer-container\" data-total=\"14\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-container premium-blog-skin-classic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-wrapper empty-thumb\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-inner-container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-blog-entry-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kingsfordlawyers.com.au\/bn\/de-facto-property-rights-au\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\tDe Facto Relationship Property Rights in Australia: What You&#8217;re Entitled To If You Split\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"premium-blog-meta-separator\">\u2022<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-post-time premium-blog-meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-calendar-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>\u099c\u09c1\u09a8 22, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-blog-content-inner-wrapper\">\n\t\t<p class=\"premium-blog-post-content\">Many parents assume a child can simply \"decide\" at age 12 or 14. Under Australian family law, there is no such threshold. Here is what courts actually weigh, and when a child's preference starts to carry real weight.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7928114c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7928114c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-47bf2f6f\" data-id=\"47bf2f6f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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