December 2022 Newsletter

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2 December 2022

Newsletter snapshot:

There’s been a lot of discussion around legislative changes for the SA, NSW and WA residential and commercial property sectors over the past month. We also saw several agents in WA, Tasmania and Victoria receive court charges, fines and licence suspensions over industry misconduct.

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  • Legislative updates:

    • First steps taken to review South Australia's residential tenancy laws;

    • NSW Fair Trading commences consultation around changes to the Retail Leases Act;

    • Review of Western Australia's domestic violence tenancy law reforms;

    • Review of NSW rental laws around domestic violence and renting with pets.

  • Disciplinary action:

    • Victorian estate agent’s licence cancelled for trust account failures;

    • Tasmanian agent has licence suspended, ordered to pay a total of $12,500;

    • Former Victorian agent sentenced to community corrections order and 300 hours of unpaid community work;

    • Further misconduct within Victorian property industry as another former agent charged for misusing trust funds;

    • Western Australia Consumer Protection issues $16,000 in fines over unregistered sales representative.

  • Industry updates: WA Consumer Protection reports concerning CPD completion numbers.

  • Featured blog: ‘Think Twice About Asbestos’.

  • Reminders: WA CPD due 31 December!

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