by actionproperty | Jan 1, 2011 | News Trends & Legislation
The year starts with significant changes impacting all leases falling under the Retail Shop Leases Act, 1) new lessor disclosure requirements and, 2) ratchet clauses to be outlawed again. Lessor Disclosure Requirements QLD, NSW & VIC have got together to...
by actionproperty | May 8, 2009 | News Trends & Legislation
Energy efficiency disclosure is rapidly moving from the concept stage to statutory enforcement affecting both owners and tenants. The proposed scheme and Federal legislation will be phased in starting next year. Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has released...
by actionproperty | Apr 8, 2008 | Council Rates & Land Tax, News Trends & Legislation
In March 2008 the Queensland Government rammed through amendments to the Valuation of Land Act via a “guillotine” debate. This was supposedly in response to a Land Court ruling involving the Chermside shopping centre. DERM had been adopting an aggressive...