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.
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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.
In his speech this week to the ALP's national conference Kevin Rudd said our country was not created from good luck, but rather because Australian's have viewed themselves as a country of nation builders.
It's common to hear those that have worked hard to build a better life for their families being accused of excessive or unworthy luck. "You got lucky when you bought that property", or "You were lucky when you came across that idea".
Luck has nothing to do with the way we built our country, our communities, or the businesses and lifestyles of the many Australians I know and have read about.
Mr Rudd, who I have had the privilege of working for, was talking about nation building in the context of a fair go, but he also made the point that as a country we have made great leaps forward when we have looked to the future and implemented ideas that were forward thinking rather then dwelling in the past.
As Australians we have to remember that our penchant for hard work built our nation and the eventual embrace of fresh ideas or new ways of doing things is what our nation is built on.
It's time we reminded those that continue to knock hard working and forward thinking Aussies that this country is progressive, and built on hard work. The failure to bring knockers into line could see a reduction in the prominence of brilliant Australians such as Professor Tim Flannery or Professor Ian Frazer , two examples of 'lucky Australians'.
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