A female resident of Glenorchy Gardens, a Hobart rental village operated by ING, has died in a fire in her unit. Smoke was noticed by another resident at 10.25am. The manager had to use his key to get entrance to the locked apartment. When the fire brigade arrived the flames were reported to be 2 metres high. They only found the womans body when they had extinguished the flames.
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