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		<title>The Trouble With Poo</title>
		<link>http://leverageaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/the-trouble-with-poo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us are confronted with it!  If we are healthy, we are normally confronted with it on a daily basis.  Poo is something which we must do, but is something we do not wish to encounter.
Serious reflux and blocked toilets which interfere with a person’s need to poo, is an emerging issue.  In actual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=262&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Truth Time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From time to time, Leverage returns to provide advice in relation to franchise law.  We specifically do this in relation to real estate because of the number of real estate agents in franchise arrangements.
The Trade Practices (Franchise Industry Code) Regulation 1998 requires every franchise to produce a disclosure document for the year ending 30 June.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=259&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All About People</title>
		<link>http://leverageaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/its-all-about-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the inception of the Strata Titles Act 1959-61, the laws relating to strata living and community living have been under review.  Between 1973 and 1996, the legislation was amended no less than 40 times. New statutes were introduced in 1973 and in 1996 to resolve perceived problems. Since 1996, 3 reviews have been undertaken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=256&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Cause of Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most asked question of Leverage Australia is about the concept of “effective cause of sale”.  This is a problem which has emerged in the “exclusive agency agreement” period.  This problem is not an issue in jurisdiction around the world where a multi listing service exists.
Many blame the Office of Fair Trading for the concept [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=252&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Proxy’s Outlawed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are developers, the original owners of strata schemes, control freaks?  “computer says, yes!”  For those who are not with it, this is a twist on the humour from the American Comedy Series Little Britain.
The computer is right however!  Developers do want to control the destiny.  Throughout the ages, they have done this through a range [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=249&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Root of Agencies</title>
		<link>http://leverageaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-root-of-agencies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Section 55 of the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 expressly states that a Strata Managing Agent is not entitled to their commission unless the requirements of the Act and Regulations are met.  One of the important requirements is that the principal, that is, the strata plan, signs the agreement.  Many think that if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=244&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Warrants Insurance &#8211; No One</title>
		<link>http://leverageaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/who-warrants-insurance-no-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent case of The Owners Corporation SP69352 versus Vero Insurance Ltd (Home Building) [2009] has brought home to everyone in the building industry about the limitations associated with insurance.
In this case, it was a Strata Plan with 201 lots.  The builder had taken out the home owners warranty insurance as required by the Home [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=240&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where There&#8217;s Smoke ~ There&#8217;s Fire.</title>
		<link>http://leverageaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/where-theres-smoke-theres-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The law is well established in relation to smoke alarms.  Houses need properly fitted smoke alarms whether they are owned or tenanted.  I have been asked in recent times whether a property manager is capable of checking the smoke alarms.  There are people out there saying that property managers cannot check smoke alarms because they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=237&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Home Owners Warranty &#8211; A Real Remedy</title>
		<link>http://leverageaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/home-owners-warranty-a-real-remedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently been involved with providing advice to an Owners Corporation that have building defects.  The strata manager advised that there could be no access to the home owners warranty insurance policy unless action has been taken in the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT).
I cannot see how this advice is correct!  Home Owners [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=233&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Have Warned You!</title>
		<link>http://leverageaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/we-have-warned-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proper certification not a myth.
The Office of Fair Trading have stepped up their attack on unlicensed and unscrupulous real estate agents, stock and station agents, business agents etc.   The latest news release from the Office of Fair Trading identify one real estate agent who has been suspended from holding a licence for ten years because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leverageaustralia.wordpress.com&blog=4158815&post=229&subd=leverageaustralia&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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