ARVRA: Retirement Village Residents get a national voice

Nov 11 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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At a meeting of the National Coalition of State Presidents held in Brisbane, on Friday 29th October, 2010, a National Residents' Association was formed. The new association is to be known as the Australian Retirement Village Residents Association - ARVRA.
The ACT has also this week formalised its own retirement village residents association.

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