QLD Gov takes retirement villages out of Consumer Affairs

An early move by the new QLD Liberal Government has taken retirement villages out of the Department of Consumer Affairs and placed them in the Dept. Of Housing & Public Works. At the RVA Regional Conference, Mark Francis (Executive Director for Policy & Performance), stated villages and manufactured home parks are all about accommodation, not consumer disputes. Widely regarded as a positive move, it was also noted that only a small number of staff that know the RV sector also transferred – so time will be required to ‘educate’ the new ministry. That will be fast tracked as a new review of the QLD Act and sector was also announced. This means every state except the ACT has a legislative review in action – all of which the RVA is attempting to manage.