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Tax & Legal • 30 Mar 2026

WA rolls out new rent reforms

Both home owners and renters in Western Australia will see their positions strengthened by new state reforms, with tenants now able to apply for the return of their bond...

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Tax & Legal • 26 Mar 2026

No more rising from the ashes for Tasmanian dodgy builders

Builders who close down to avoid debt before emerging under a new name have been targeted by the Tasmanian government as part of a new bill making its way through...

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Tax & Legal • 26 Mar 2026

NSW construction company, director fined $18k over alleged wage theft

A Sydney housing construction company and its director have been fined $18,950 after allegedly underpaying a migrant worker.

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Tax & Legal • 26 Mar 2026

Victorian home builder faces $480k fines for alleged insurance error

A Victorian home builder faces 15 charges, with penalties up to $480,000, after allegedly taking deposits without having a mandatory insurance policy.

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Tax & Legal • 25 Mar 2026

Fake brokers target borrowers in new loan scam alert

Consumers have been warned that scammers are posing as brokers and financial service providers in a new wave of personal loan scams.

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Tax & Legal • 25 Mar 2026

Faulty work at 4 WA homes lands former building director in hot water

The former director of an insolvent Western Australian building company has been fined $33,000 for defective work at four homes.

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Tax & Legal • 24 Mar 2026

Qld home buyer loses a $1.6m property over goats and a tiny house

A Queensland home buyer has had her appeal dismissed after she walked out of a property sale due to various complaints, including two goats not being at the property.

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Tax & Legal • 24 Mar 2026

Investor exodus feared as CGT, negative gearing cuts loom

Industry bodies have warned that cutting CGT discounts and curbing negative gearing will deter investment, choke new housing supply, and intensify pressure in an already...

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Tax & Legal • 23 Mar 2026

Qld property owners lose $145k on sale after costly contract mistake

The owners of a rural Queensland property have lost $145,000 on the sale after failing to read the contract.

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Tax & Legal • 23 Mar 2026

Tasmania axes no-pets policy

Tasmania has become the fifth state to abolish the blanket no-pets rule in rental properties, with changes to the state’s laws coming into effect.

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