Much has been said about Beenleigh's move from the Gold Coast City Council to Logan City in the recent shake up of local government boundaries.
The Minister responsible, Andrew Fraser, and the Premier have both said that this is a definite change and there will be no going back. In a record sitting, Parliament passed the legislation at 4:30 AM last Thursday morning.
So what does this mean for local residents? Some have bemoaned the end of their world as they know it, but most people are settled with that there can't be too much upheaval at all.
Director Sean Black comments on local council amalgamations in the Albert & Logan, discussing the benefits of delivering the services of the state government at local levels.
Quite often Agents get asked to cut their commissions by sellers stating that they will only list with you if you discount your commission.
There are agents out there who will discount their commission by as much as 50%...they'll also discount their level of service by 50%, and the price you get for your home....See where I'm going here....
The recent Gold Coast budget funding for Beenleigh is discussed by Albert & Logan reader whom stresses the insiginificance Councillor Hackwood places on Beenleigh.
Albert & Logan page 10
This weekend was rather a special weekend. Our property manager Renee got married. She looked stunning and Adam looked pretty sharp too. Congratulations guys.
If you reject tenant tendering you believe in controled markets, this is the core of Communist ideology. Communism lead to shortages and the reduction in living standards. Communism was rejected world-wide, and we should also reject the Communist-based criticism of tenant tendering.
Recently, our tenant tender process has been discussed in a web forum and after taking the opportunity to respond, (which I did rather thoughtfully), my efforts were swiftly removed by the forum operator as I had linked to this site amd myself to personally address the concerns.
As this is a fair arguement, I have reposted those posts here.
Did you catch last Monday’s Australian Story on William Barton? Barton's words are still ringing in my ears; "If you're not innovating, you're imitating. There's no credit in imitation".
Is time Beeneligh became part of a super council with Logan? This week's local Albert and Logan News (a NLT Quest Publication) reported a leak from the State Government's local government boundaries review board saying that a new super-city is planned to encompass our local Beenleigh and Logan communities.
Councils should take control 15th Aug 2007 Director Sean Black comments on local council amalgamations in the Albert & Logan, discussing the benefits of delivering the services of the state government at local levels. [read more]
Billions to be spent on SEQ infrastructure 31st Jul 2007 Anna Bligh announces the launch of the updated Southeast Queensland Regional Infrastructure Plan and Program 2007-2026 with more than $7.5 billion going towards water infrastructure projects. [read more]
Beenleigh better off in Logan 29th Jun 2007 The recent Gold Coast budget funding for Beenleigh is discussed by Albert & Logan reader whom stresses the insiginificance Councillor Hackwood places on Beenleigh.
Albert & Logan page 10[read more]
GG Council pours cash into tanks 29th Jun 2007 Gold Coast City Council is committed to honour rainwater rebates as part of the reintroduction of its Water Saver Scheme.
Albert & Logan. Page 12[read more]
'Un-Australian' tenant tendering gains pace in poll 8th Jun 2007 State Housing Minister Robert Schwarten believes the process of tenant tender to be "un-Australian" and wishes to have the process outlawed. However, an online poll conducted illustrated the process is well received by 92 percent of voters.[read more]
Albert & Logan: Opinion 19th May 2007 A letter to the Editor of the Albert & Logan questions the Housing Minister’s deflection away from the issues of the State Government’s sell-out of public housing in the Beenleigh and Eagleby area. [read more]
Rental Tender Blast 19th May 2007 The question of the “Australianess” of tenant tender is raised in the article Rental tender blast. The Housing Minister criticises the process of providing mutually beneficial relationships between tenants and property owners as “un-Australian” in the Albert & Logan newspaper.[read more]
Tenants to Tender 18th May 2007 Tenant tender is a result of the current rental housing environment and is introduced to establish mutually beneficial relationships between these two parties, as discussed in The Property Management Journal.[read more]
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