Latest news Skip listen and sharing tools Listen Filter by category All News alerts Industry updates Legislation updates Media releases Public warnings Enforceable undertakings Court actions Peter Maxwell Simmons - Court outcome Court actions 27 December 2017 Estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing. Solar Orb Pty Ltd - Public warning Public warnings 19 December 2017 The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has issued a Public Warning Notice to consumers under section 223 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) regarding Solar Orb Pty Ltd and the websites www.solarorb.com.au and www.solar-orb.com. Fletcher & Parker (Balwyn) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 14 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $880,000 after the Federal Court of Australia found it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and making false or misleading representations about property sales. Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 6 December 2017 A national retailer that sold unsafe and insufficiently labelled products to Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland consumers has been ordered to pay $1 million by the Federal Court of Australia. Manningham Property Group Pty Ltd (trading as Hocking Stuart Doncaster) - Court outcome Court actions 4 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $160,000 after it admitted to engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct and making false and misleading representations about the sale of land. Gull and Company Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 29 November 2017 Ballarat estate agency Gull and Company has been reprimanded and penalised $5,000 by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for operating without a licence during 2015. Bay Life Properties and Helen Sly - Court outcome Court actions 17 November 2017 A Mount Eliza estate agency and its director and officer in effective control have each been penalised $8,500 for contravening Victorian estate agent laws. Danielle Talia and Bond's Real Estate Sales Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 26 October 2017 A Doncaster East estate agent will have her licence suspended and, with her company, pay a total fine of $5,000 to the Victorian Property Fund, after she and the company both accepted that they had knowingly employed a disqualified person as an agent’s representative. Sedinsi Pty Ltd and Peter Murray Daly - Court action Court actions 23 October 2017 A director of a Southbank estate agency has been penalised $1,000 for contraventions of Victoria's estate agent laws. Changes to the Sex Work Regulations 2016 - Legislation update Legislation updates 2 October 2017 The Sex Work Regulations 2016 have been amended to remove requirements that duplicate the safety requirements in the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act). Previous Go to: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Page 10 of 41 Next
Peter Maxwell Simmons - Court outcome Court actions 27 December 2017 Estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing.
Solar Orb Pty Ltd - Public warning Public warnings 19 December 2017 The Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria has issued a Public Warning Notice to consumers under section 223 of the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) regarding Solar Orb Pty Ltd and the websites www.solarorb.com.au and www.solar-orb.com.
Fletcher & Parker (Balwyn) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 14 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $880,000 after the Federal Court of Australia found it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and making false or misleading representations about property sales.
Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 6 December 2017 A national retailer that sold unsafe and insufficiently labelled products to Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland consumers has been ordered to pay $1 million by the Federal Court of Australia.
Manningham Property Group Pty Ltd (trading as Hocking Stuart Doncaster) - Court outcome Court actions 4 December 2017 A real estate agency in Melbourne’s east will pay $160,000 after it admitted to engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct and making false and misleading representations about the sale of land.
Gull and Company Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 29 November 2017 Ballarat estate agency Gull and Company has been reprimanded and penalised $5,000 by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for operating without a licence during 2015.
Bay Life Properties and Helen Sly - Court outcome Court actions 17 November 2017 A Mount Eliza estate agency and its director and officer in effective control have each been penalised $8,500 for contravening Victorian estate agent laws.
Danielle Talia and Bond's Real Estate Sales Pty Ltd - Court outcome Court actions 26 October 2017 A Doncaster East estate agent will have her licence suspended and, with her company, pay a total fine of $5,000 to the Victorian Property Fund, after she and the company both accepted that they had knowingly employed a disqualified person as an agent’s representative.
Sedinsi Pty Ltd and Peter Murray Daly - Court action Court actions 23 October 2017 A director of a Southbank estate agency has been penalised $1,000 for contraventions of Victoria's estate agent laws.
Changes to the Sex Work Regulations 2016 - Legislation update Legislation updates 2 October 2017 The Sex Work Regulations 2016 have been amended to remove requirements that duplicate the safety requirements in the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act).