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Megillah Gorilla posted:So, it turns monthly leases into a six month unbreakable* lease? What this means for landlords with vacant tenancies is that there is going to be a VERY limited demand for their property given the majority of people who would be moving right now cannot move right now, nor can they do so for six months. The State Government is saying they will clarify this and make regulations that will more clearly state tenant rights and "to assure tenants that the new laws are not intended to reduce their rights to exit their tenancies in any way.". But I'm not exactly sure how the regulations could alter the legislation which is pretty clear cut and doesn't leave a lot of room for interpretation.
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The Omnibus act (s609(4)(d)) gives the Governor in Council (on advice from the Minister and with the Premier's consent) the power to make regulations, amongst other things, allowing tenants to not comply with certain parts of the amendments. So they could say "tenants on month to month leases are exempt from the s545 provision that prohibits tenants from giving notice".
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bell jar posted:Shorten will come back BIIIILLLLLLL COME BACK BIIIIILLLL
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The Before Times posted:The Omnibus act (s609(4)(d)) gives the Governor in Council (on advice from the Minister and with the Premier's consent) the power to make regulations, amongst other things, allowing tenants to not comply with certain parts of the amendments. wow. that's great.
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The Before Times posted:I just found out that the tenants literally aren't allowed to give notice of intention to vacate under the changes to the Residential Tenancies Act (unless they can demonstrate severe hardship to VCAT or it's a family violence situation). I'm a bit confused about this - I gave my notice to vacate 2 weeks ago and we're on month to month in Vic? Maybe I got in just in time? Our house build is nearly ready so we're moving into that whether it's finished or not! Tomberforce fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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Apr 30, 2020 20:56
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Mr Chips posted:OTOH, it's got plenty of flaws, like how it fucks the under 21s, casuals with <12 months continuous employment, people with multiple casual jobs, anyone employed in the higher education sector, and any small business struggling with cashflow that couldn't get a bridging loan before the first ATO payroll credits were available. Plus both it and the improved jobseeker payment would've done more good if they started weeks ago All of that is true, but I'm not about to allow the perfect become the enemy of the good. In my situation I went from a 6 figure income as a freelancer to $0 of income in 10 days flat. I was looking at the very real possibility of having to defer mortgage payments, sell equipment etc. Of course things could be better, and it'd be great if more people could access more things - but it's made (or will make) an enormous impact on my family to keep us going, and for that I struggle to look a gift horse in the mouth.
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Tomberforce posted:I'm a bit confused about this - I gave my notice to vacate 2 weeks ago and we're on month to month in Vic? Maybe I got in just in time?
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CrazyTolradi posted:It was backdated to March 29th, so unless the landlord agrees, nope. It could also be that your property manager/agent are just as confused about the new laws and are willing to let things slide for now or are just too lazy to push bask. I imagine things will get more concrete in the next couple of weeks as landlords start screaming about losing tenants.
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This poo poo is astonishing to me We need to raise minimum wage to keep the economy going during these hard times!!! ...doesn't it then track that keeping it raised would also improve the economy during good times? what? no. no i can't see how those two could be connected in any way
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The wording of "it's up to the government" belies that they will never form government so it will never be their decision.
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They did this messaging a lot immediately after losing the election. They basically threw up their hands and said "well, you didn't elect us so we can't possibly have any power over the centrelink rate"
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Twiggy done rorted the Commonwealth government. My charity bought $320 million of fake PPE that the feds will pay for. quote:Some of the Chinese medical equipment imported by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest is not suitable for hospital use in the fight against coronavirus.  Turkey, Spain problems with fake ppe from China. Czech Republic, Slovakia sending back fake PPE New and Improved China PPE Scams
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One thing the AliExpress thread has taught me is never buy the following from random Chinese vendors: * Things that plug in to mains * Things that plug into you * PPE
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norp posted:One thing the AliExpress thread has taught me is never buy the following from random Chinese vendors: A good rule of thumb is that "if individual Chinese consumers won't buy it from Chinese vendors, don't buy it from Chinese vendors". It's like when your friend who works at a fast food chain tells you not to buy a certain dish/item.
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The Before Times posted:A good rule of thumb is that "if individual Chinese consumers won't buy it from Chinese vendors, don't buy it from Chinese vendors". It's like when your friend who works at a fast food chain tells you not to buy a certain dish/item. But the Rooster Roll is so tasty
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bell jar posted:But the Rooster Roll is so tasty mould spores do add a certain umami flavour
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CrazyTolradi posted:It was backdated to March 29th, so unless the landlord agrees, nope. I think having bought a house would make it pretty easily fall under the clause about financial hardship if forced to stay in the rental.
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May 1, 2020 01:48
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Solemn Sloth posted:The Victorian Liberals all have terminal sky news after dark brainworms and it's honestly pretty funny to watch What do you mean by that? (I have neither watched Sky News after dark nor do I live in Victoria)
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froglet posted:What do you mean by that? (I have neither watched Sky News after dark nor do I live in Victoria) They are suffering massive relevance deprivation syndrome and have decided to go with culture war hot takes as a result. Theyre all going completely off their nut because the deputy CHO compared coronavirus to captain cook, some of their most prominent (relative) MPs now whinging on twitter about why the premier wont address “the biggest issue of the day”. They got resoundingly rejected at the last election because they went with an empty law and order campaign against a premier who got things done, and they appear to have learnt nothing from it.
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froglet posted:What do you mean by that? (I have neither watched Sky News after dark nor do I live in Victoria) https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/premier-stands-by-besieged-deputy-chief-health-officer-over-tweet-20200501-p54oxb.html Deputy chief health officer made a lovely analogy about Cook's settling of Australia to Covid.
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Senor Tron posted:I think having bought a house would make it pretty easily fall under the clause about financial hardship if forced to stay in the rental. If you like, signed a new lease right now though and tried claiming paying two leases was severe hardship, I think VCAT would probably tell you you knew what you were doing.
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Solemn Sloth posted:They are suffering massive relevance deprivation syndrome and have decided to go with culture war hot takes as a result. Can they really be accused of kicking this front of the kultcha wars off when they are responding to the performative wokeness of a public official? Seems like she voluntarily offered herself up as tribute with a dril tier take.
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Quantum Shart posted:Can they really be accused of kicking this front of the kultcha wars off when they are responding to the performative wokeness of a public official? Seems like she voluntarily offered herself up as tribute with a dril tier take. Yeah, they absolutely can. We're in the middle of a pandemic and they are literally saying that tweets are the most important issue we are facing. I think you really need to consider proportionality of response here.
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Expressing opinion on colonialism, fine. Expressing it on public twitter from a non-anonymous account while being an important bureaucrat, risky but fine Expressing it with an analogy to a pandemic you’re currently in as deputy chief health officer, loving stupid.
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Solemn Sloth posted:Yeah, they absolutely can. We're in the middle of a pandemic and they are literally saying that tweets are the most important issue we are facing. I think you really need to consider proportionality of response here. I'm not calling for her firing so don't put that poo poo on me.
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Quantum Shart posted:Can they really be accused of kicking this front of the kultcha wars off when they are responding to the performative wokeness of a public official? Seems like she voluntarily offered herself up as tribute with a dril tier take. the tweet wasn't the greatest idea but like - it didn't contain anything inaccurate or untrue - calling it performative wokeness is playing right into the hands of the conservative mouthpieces we're talking about. public officials are required to be apolitical in the sense that they're not to be seen to favour one political party over another or criticising the policies of the government they serve. the fact that giving your opinion that we perhaps shouldn't be celebrating an event that precipitated the deaths of many thousands of people by introduced disease (plus those killed by colonial genocide) is seen as inappropriately political by some isn't something that should cost the woman her job, or that she should be forced to retract. there's scope for her to be reprimanded in the sense that she should know that that sort of commentary will draw criticism of the Department/the office that she represents from political commentators...but that's about it tbh
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Quantum Shart posted:I'm not calling for her firing so don't put that poo poo on me. Where did I suggest you did? There's a world of difference between someone making a single tweet about colonialism vs a whole political party making it their #1 burning issue, assisted by the dregs of the media.
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I thought it made sense since Europeans brought loving smallpox to Australia but whatever. Some people are so loving precious of the reputation of bullshit British naval officers from hundreds of years ago.
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Yeast posted:Expressing it on public twitter from a non-anonymous account while being an important bureaucrat, risky but fine Breach of the APS code of conduct, isn't it? The tweet was dumb and inappropriate coming from a senior member of the public service, but the reaction to it is ridiculous.
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freebooter posted:Breach of the APS code of conduct, isn't it? isn't she a state public servant? If state employed medical doctors start getting sacked for expressing opinions then you're going to blow up the public heath system in short order
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freebooter posted:Breach of the APS code of conduct, isn't it? VPS code of conduct is a bit different. quote:When making a comment in a private capacity, public sector employees ensure their comments are not related to any government activity that they are involved in or connected with as a public sector employee and make it clear they are expressing their own view. They ensure personal comments do not compromise their capacity to perform their public sector role in an unbiased manner, and that their comments are not seen or perceived to be an official comment. the only issue here is the extent to which her comments are connected with the government activity she is involved in, and that kinda depends on how you define "activity". talking generally about covid-19 in an historical context might be sufficiently connected with her job, but in my view it's only just.
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Solemn Sloth posted:They are suffering massive relevance deprivation syndrome and have decided to go with culture war hot takes as a result. Ahh, got it. You'd think they learn. In other news - I just got a call from the Red Cross Blood Service. Due to supply issues that may or may not have been caused by the current public health crisis, they had to cancel my plasma donation on the weekend because they've run out of a chemical that stops blood from clotting. They were asking donors to consider donating whole blood instead (maybe they have some way of collecting the plasma out of it after? Or maybe it's better than nothing?). Really recommend healthy people roll up their sleeves and donate, especially since the whole social distancing thing means they've had to reduce the number of people they can bring in.
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The Before Times posted:They did this messaging a lot immediately after losing the election. They basically threw up their hands and said "well, you didn't elect us so we can't possibly have any power over the centrelink rate"
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Endman posted:I thought it made sense since Europeans brought loving smallpox to Australia but whatever. Taking a global pandemic that has killed thousands of people and going "but colonialism was worse!" is absolutely a dopey culture wars take that doesn't materially address or remedy the awful disparity that affects indigenous Australians in any way even if it is 100% true. I'd expect it from a Jordies-tier internet-commentariat-wanker whose relevance is proportionate to the amount of outrage generated and not someone who is in a position to actually address that disparity like a senior health official.
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Remember a couple of months ago when a member of the current government of Australia made a pro-genocide comment?
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also i got my flu shot, got get your flu shot
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