The Doncaster retirement village has had Aveo ejected as its manager by the courts. The village was a joint project between Darnley Homes and Retirement Services Australia (RSA). Darnleys have gone on alone to develop Domaine Mornington. The village had been managed by RSA since 2001 but RSA had on-sold its interest to a Aveo(FKP)/Macquarie Bank consortium without getting prior permission of their co-owners. The court has sanctioned the ejection of RSA/FKP from the village, now branded as Aveo.
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