The new legislation including bringing the "without grounds" eviction notice margin up from two weeks to two months, and explicitly outlawing open house situations, has been overshadowed by gaps such as the lack of prior notice laws for rent increases, and the lack of a fairness protocol in the expulsion of evicted residents.
Penny Carr, statewide coordinator for the TUS, observes that this state's legislature is the only one allowing for unfair expulsions, be it under so called “reasonable force”.
The Bligh government has begun to confront a crisis of a different note today, and in the spotlight is the rapidly declining Koala population in south-east Queensland.
Piggybacking the already existing Koala Plan will be a range of initiatives, centering around a 2 million Koala habitat map zoning job.
Sustainability and Climate Change Minister, Andrew McNamara, attributes the action to a specialised task group established in August by the Premier.
Taking a different look at the global economic crunch, Mission Australia is launching a campaign to raise $60, 000 for our nation's homeless, who will be in greater than ever turmoil with the crisis.
The campaign involves going to a website for Bayer Australia and designing a butterfly, for each submission of which Bayer will donate one dollar into Mission Australia's local projects.
For those of you who would like to contribute a butterfly design, please go to transformhomelessness.com.au and follow the prompts.
The federal government's new initiative to filter Australian Internet servers is inadequate and unwanted according to a nationwide protest group.
“Save the Net” protesters say the government's censorship scheme challenges our right to freedom of speech and freedom of choice.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says the filtering program aims to block 10,000 sites containing 'inappropriate' material, but critics say the scheme will only slow down the internet and increase running expenses.
Protesters will hit the streets across the country on Saturday 13th December, you can find “Save the Net” on facebook for more details about the event.
A report from the Australia Institute has found the value of time wasted on unsolicited telemarketing calls in Australia amounts to $1.58 billion each year.
With two in three Australians stating that telemarketing should be banned altogether, the paper highlighted the negative connotations associated to the selling system.
The report also found that the government based Do Not Call Register only minimizes telemarketing calls by about 30%, cutting the number of calls from ten to seven per month.
Australian consumers are imperative to monitoring and maintaining the organic food industry according to the Biological Farmers of Australia.
Products often carry un-substantiated labels and BFA warns consumers to be wary of claims such as 'natural', 'free range' and 'barn fresh'.
Organic productions enforce strict guides for animal welfare and balanced nutrition ensuring both the animal and the consumer can benefit.
And to international news, almost 5,000 demonstrators have rallied outside the Athens National museum in a violent protest against police after the the killing of a 15-year old boy on Saturday.
The youth's death is believed to have resulted after an altercation with police, and the officers involved have been arrested.
Chaos was reported throughout the city, with demonstrators smashing shop windows, setting fire to cars and sending three police officers to hospital.
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