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New renting laws ‘fairer’ Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au CHANGES made to Victoria’s renting laws will make things “fairer for everyone”, according to the Peninsula Community Legal Centre. Reforms brought in this year include limiting rent rises to once per year and ensuring properties are fitted out with the basic amenities. In a statement, the PCLC said the previous laws “created a power imbalance that favoured landlords”. “The changes to the law mean that renters in Victoria are now provided with some of the basic protections that have existed elsewhere in the world for a long time,” PCLC CEO Jackie Galloway said. “It is only fair that rental properties must meet basic standards that make them safe and liveable. “The new laws enable people to turn the house they rent into a home. They are not about maintaining a property to a luxury level, they are about maintaining it at a basic liveable level. The reforms won’t require huge changes for those who are already providing safe and secure rentals. “For example, renters have to ask if they can have a pet and if the owner does not agree they can apply for a VCAT decision that the pet should not be allowed. So an owner might be able to prevent a very large dog being kept in a very small unit, for example, but for most situations the renter can now make a home with the pet that they choose.” Contact Peninsula Community Legal Centre for free advice on 9783 3600 or email pclc@ pclc.org.au.
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Buying beanies for MND research SHOPPERS at Carrum Downs Coles helped raise more than $40,000 for MND research in the last six weeks. As part of FightMND’s Big Freeze7 campaign, the store sold beanies and donated money from pork sales. A total of $43,000 was donated from the store. FightMND raised $14.6 million during its Big Freeze campaign this year. The money will be used to fund research into motor neurone disease. Two Australians are diagnosed with MND each day on average. Around two people die with it each day. FightMND campaign director Bec Daniher said “on behalf of FightMND, I would like to extend a massive thank you to the entire team at Coles and Coles Express who embraced our cause with enthusiasm and raised such a substantial amount of funds. We are incredibly grateful to have Coles as our major Big Freeze partner, your contribution to our success cannot be underestimated. And of course a big thank you to our FightMND Army around Australia for buying their Big Freeze beanies.”
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6 July 2021
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