The Albury Council went out of its way to make sure developers did not have to face the uncertainty of an auction to buy land for a village and aged care facility. The Council bought the land for both facilities from the Albury-Wodonga Corporation and then immediately on sold them to the developer at cost. They will now be integral to a $65 million development in the small township of Thurgoona, just northeast of Albury.
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