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Mortgage hardship letter: how to ask your lender for help (Australia)
Behind on your home loan, or about to be? How a hardship notice under section 72 of the National Credit Code works, what to ask your lender for, what to put in…
Read Guide →SAT decisions this week: builders and building defects, strata and body corporate (6 October to 12 October 2026)
2 SAT decisions from 6 October to 12 October 2026, in plain English.
Read Guide →NCAT decisions this week: faulty goods and refunds, strata and body corporate, house rentals and bonds (6 October to 12 October 2026)
3 NCAT decisions from 6 October to 12 October 2026, in plain English.
Read Guide →Public housing tenancy ended after tribunal finds the home was used for drug dealing (ACAT, 2026)
The Commissioner for Social Housing asked the tribunal to end a long-running public housing tenancy after the tenant was jailed for drug…
Read Guide →Unit owners keep balcony screens and shelves as tribunal strikes down strata balcony rule (ACAT, 2026)
An owners corporation in a 17-storey Canberra tower asked the tribunal to order two unit owners to remove freestanding shelves and screens…
Read Guide →Neighbour who cut a hedge past the fence line ordered to pay $1,054 to townhouse owners corporation (ACAT, 2026)
A tenant used a chainsaw to cut back a hedge that overhung his back fence, and he cut well past the fence…
Read Guide →Tribunal cannot decide who keeps the dog after a de facto break-up, so the appeal is dismissed (ACAT, 2026)
After a de facto relationship ended, one former partner asked the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal to order the return of a…
Read Guide →Room occupancy agreements declared void and misleading, but no refund or compensation ordered (ACAT, 2026)
An occupant who rented a room from a share-accommodation company had already won a ruling that his occupancy agreements were void, meaning…
Read Guide →Builder ordered to fix mortar, mould and render, but owner’s delay damages claim dismissed (SAT, 2026)
A home owner who refused to accept that his new house was finished took a list of defects and a claim for…
Read Guide →Homeowners’ building delay claim dismissed after they brought in their own electrician (SAT, 2026)
Homeowners whose new house ran well over time settled with their builder at a tribunal mediation, then hired their own electrician without…
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