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Tax & Legal • 04 Sep 2024
ACT: Sunset clause reforms ‘working as intended’
The ACT’s 2021 off-the-plan sales reforms have improved buyer confidence, according to a recent review.
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Tax & Legal • 04 Sep 2024
8 in 10 Australians support Victoria’s energy efficiency laws
New research has revealed strong approval for the state’s new minimum energy standards, and for potential nationwide expansion of the reform.
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Tax & Legal • 03 Sep 2024
Airbnb gears up to fight Victoria’s short-term rental tax
The short-term rental platform expressed its “disappointment in the government’s backflip”.
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Tax & Legal • 02 Sep 2024
ACT finalises Territory Plan for housing reform
The approved document contains a range of revisions to support the delivery of “well designed and sustainable housing”.
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Tax & Legal • 28 Aug 2024
WA builder left client $132k out of pocket
The builder had failed to take out mandatory insurance, leaving his client in the lurch when he went bankrupt.
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Tax & Legal • 27 Aug 2024
Sydney builder pulled up for back-payment failures
A south-west Sydney building and construction firm reportedly failed to back-pay a 15-year-old worker or act on the ensuing compliance notice.
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Tax & Legal • 27 Aug 2024
Victoria’s housing crunch – A stitch in time saves nine
Against the backdrop of Victoria’s enormous housing target and the white noise of skilled labour shortages, material availability and interest rate pressures, the home...
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Tax & Legal • 22 Aug 2024
‘Bitumen bandits’ strike again in Adelaide
Home owners in suburban Adelaide are advised to be on the lookout for itinerant tradies, who are currently roaming the city.
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Tax & Legal • 20 Aug 2024
ACT pursues building certification shake-up
The ACT will change how it certifies buildings after “dodgy development” was discovered to be costing Canberrans more than $50 million each year.
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Tax & Legal • 20 Aug 2024
Unregistered builder in hot water over charging 10x legal deposit
The Western Australian tradie charged his elderly client a 69.4 per cent deposit for work that was never completed.
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