Five years ago village burglaries were unheard of. No more. Five teenage boys aged 13 to 16 have been charged for stealing from several ILUs in Amaroo Retirement Village at Gosnells (Perth). Two men in their 20s also broke into Amaroo at 3am in a different incident, then moved on to Buckey Caring Centre where they made indecent proposals to two elderly women aged 88 and 90. They actually turned on the lights to see what they were doing, ignoring the elderly residents. On Queenslands Sunshine Coast jewellery and money have been stolen from four retirement villages over the past four weeks located in Caloundra, Buderim and Maroochydore.
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