Every five years the John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Florida (USA) stages a renewal of wedding vows for residents who have been married for at least 45 years. This week 28 couples participated with the combined 1,500 years of marriage. Mark Olson, the Director of Marketing, explained Whoever is healthiest gets to go first, because they have to stand the longest. Its kind of fun because our last ones turned out to be the couple married the longest, the 75th anniversary couple.
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home