Queensland Lawyers

12/10/2024

https://www.realestate.com.au/news/100k-nosedive-home-prices-fall-in-half-of-sydney/

Home prices have been falling in over half Sydney’s suburbs, with properties in many suburbs now more than $100k cheaper than they were only a few months ago.

11/10/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-03/first-home-buyers-turning-to-rentals-as-investor-sell-up/104025526

Investors say they're selling properties in Victoria due to the threat of increased taxes, changing tenancy laws and rising interest rates. But Victoria's not the only state where the number of rentals appear to be falling.

11/10/2024

Mining magnates and former prime ministers share sandy footpaths with barefoot surfers who’ve been riding these waves since Noosa’s Hastings Street was just a dirt track.

11/10/2024

House purchases are trending downwards in New South Wales as buyers increasingly turn to strata properties, according to a new report.

11/10/2024

https://www.beefcentral.com/property/weekly-property-review-recently-completed-sales-106/

$110m raised for part of Qld’s Ray Scott Pastoral Portfolio | NQ’s Tabletop Station withdrawn from auction & listed POA | NQ’s Burlington Station fails to sell | CQ’s well-watered Fishpond for sale by negotiation..Read More

11/10/2024

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/how-much-will-buyers-benefit-the-cities-experiencing-a-home-listing-boom/xr4gqr89a

Buyers could be set for some relief in parts of Australia, with the number of residential properties for sale increasing in some parts of the country.

11/10/2024

https://theconversation.com/nsw-will-remove-65-000-years-of-aboriginal-history-from-its-years-7-10-syllabus-its-a-step-backwards-for-education-240111

By limiting the syllabus to events post-1788, the NSW Education Standards Authority indirectly sends students the message that Australia’s ‘history’ began at colonisation.

19/07/2024

https://www.realestate.com.au/news/qlds-topselling-suburbs-for-houses-and-units-revealed/

Home buyers are still choosing freestanding houses over units, expanding their property search to combat rising unaffordability. SEARCH TOP 10 SUBURBS

07/04/2024

Gold Coast family say seller disclosure laws could have stopped them buying termite-damaged home - ABC News

Zara and Shaun Sarson learned their new Gold Coast home was so badly damaged it had to be demolished. They say new Queensland's laws designed to protect buyers are about five years too late.

03/04/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/gas-projects-approval-changes-federal-parliament-tiwi-concerns/103657546?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Leaders from Tiwi Islands are appealing to the federal government to reconsider its plans to pass laws some say could lead to fast-tracked gas project approvals.

03/04/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/inquest-into-cleveland-dodd-death-reveals-history-of-self-harm/103662192?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

A coronial inquest into the death of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd, who died in hospital after self-harming in youth detention, reveals he had an extensive history of expressing suicidal thoughts. WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died.

03/04/2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/vic-yoorrook-justice-commission-truth-telling-first-peoples/103662896?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

The state government has rejected three recommendations proposed by a year-long inquiry into Victoria's child protection and criminal justice system.