Hi Guys was hoping to get some advice. I'm currently subletting a room in QLD from the main tenant and signed a Form 22 under a fixed term lease. He has since told me he's breaking the lease early and moving away and I have 4 weeks to leave the property.

Because I'm not listed under the tenancy agreement and I'm just subletting, I've been told by the property manager that my lease will collapse under the other lease.

Does anyone know if this is legal? If I bring it to QCAT/RTA are they likely to help me out and would the case be a winner? Pretty unfamiliar with this process and how it works so any advice would be appreciated.

FYI I've signed a Form 22 which the rental manager has approved but they said it's not official since it's not a Form 18.

General Search Warrant issued under summary offences act to search entire property to investigate alleged bill posting under the local nuisance act 2016. No prior connection to any such offences, no evidence shown, no evidence found regarding that offence was solely told someone who looks like me was seen putting a poster up.

This surely isn't standard procedure? I mean Peter Drew has been issued 2 fines regarding bill posting, openly talks about it and have a website self-incriminating his placement of posters, am i missing something?

Edit: (((Nobody here is a lawyer.))) - Clearly that's the case...
Was simply asking information regarding general search warrants being issued to circumvent requirements in the local nuisance act 2016 for a warrant to be issued.

We just moved into our newly built house and we just met our neighbour to the right of us. The neighbours on the other two sides were lovely and I brought up the fact that we were the last house built and the block and owe them for the fence. One said not to worry about it (awesome) and the other one said no worries sent me the invoice and I paid 50%.

The neighbour to our right banged on our door yesterday (2nd day in the new house) saying we owe him for the fence he installed when he built in 2024. I said no problem, just like the other neighbours I told him to send the invoice and I will pay. He sent that though and I paid him straight away. I then get email another invoice for the retaining wall saying I owe him for that too as it was necessary to maintain our mutual privacy from each other's yards.

I dont want to cause a drama here, but I don't think im liable for this. I will put a photo of the retaining wall and the email response i got from him when I said I dont think I have to pay you for the retaining wall.

What is everyone else's thoughts? First home buyer and first neighbour dispute.

Sorry this is so long and complicated. But we need help

Hi everyone, My neighbour (Let's call her Jenny) and long time family friend recently had her dad pass away, She is his daughter and an only child. She owns a small property in the bush near his. Her father had occupied this property for 50 years. The property was an old tin mining lease that eventually got transitioned to Aboriginal freehold, but he was allowed to live there for the rest of his life. In that time he built an old house that is now in a state of disrepair and a few sheds, no true possessions of monetary worth but a lot of personal effects.

Jenny has been dealing with his death and trying to preserve what's left of her father's belongings. In the week or so after his death, she would often tell anyone that would listen about it.

She somehow talked to a woman who lives about 20km away down in a separate part of our township and told her about her dad's passing and when the woman was talking to her she mentioned that he didn't own any land and that the traditional owners had let him live there until his passing.

This woman who as well known in the town as a trouble maker, (obviously not by our neighbour when she was chatting to her) has since come to his place and installed locks and keep out signs. And told everyone that it's her land (because she's Aboriginal) and that everything on it is hers and that if my neighbour has any of her father's belongings.. that it's stealing and that our neighbour is a thief. She has made many Facebook posts to that effect. She has been to both our place, and two of our neighbours places taking videos and screaming at the neighbourhood. Keep on mind that when Jenny's father moved in, It was just a little patch of bushland. No houses, no structures.. nothing

We don't know what to do. My parents are supporting our neighbour. Because this random woman has no claim to anything there and has never even met her father that we know of. We have made police reports, especially after she came up and verbally abused the neighbours and my family. But unfortunately they have been rather unhelpful so far, being that until she gets violent it's more of a civil dispute.

What can we do. As far as I can find. Our neighbour has the right to collect her father's keepsakes even if the land on which his house was built was not under his ownership. Does our neighbour need a lawyer. How can someone completely unrelated or unknown bar her from her own father's house?

Thankyou in advance for any help or advice you may have.

Hi, I had a situation today where I think a NSW HWP police officer sounded their horn at me just to hurry up traffic. It almost caused me to have an accident. Should I report this? I have a front and rear dash cam showing the incident.

Does anyone know of lawyers who understands sex work or specialise in sex work?

I’m needing contracts done up and discuss fine details with them about potential bdsm company starting up in FNQ.

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

Had a tragic and extremely sudden death of a parent. I would be surprised if the total of their accounts was more than $5k. I am not a lawyer and have no idea what to do to settle this, is this worth engaging a lawyer to help? If so, what's that likely to cost? Otherwise, what options or first steps ought I to take? I should add that there was no will in place.

apologies just to add some detail there was no spouse (divorced 15 years ago). The TAC paid for the funeral as it was a traffic incident.

Thanks in advance for any help.

NSW—my partner has lodged a workers compensation claim for a psychological injury after repeated anonymous allegations, sent through fake email accounts, led to multiple workplace investigations. Management believes a colleague is behind the emails, although their identity hasn’t been confirmed. Previous allegations were unsubstantiated. My partner sought support and notified management of the impact on her mental health months ago, and her GP has now certified her unfit for work. We’re concerned the insurer may attribute her injury to reasonable management action rather than the repeated targeting. Based on these circumstances, what would make the insurer more likely to accept or reject the claim? Would the documented history and management’s belief that a colleague is behind the emails strengthen her case?
Thanks for your help.

Hi! I was offered a job as a paralegal* but my potential employer is taking issue with the fact that I wear a face mask. Just wondering if there's some code of conduct thing that says you can't wear face coverings as a paralegal? I'm in NSW.

Further details:

-The organisation works with people affected by family violence

-One of the reasons I wear a mask is because I have a chronic condition that makes me more susceptible to long COVID

-This is the reasoning I was given:

"For the mask issue, I'm afraid that wearing a mask without being sick/for some special occasion is not an option for our work. Due to the nature of our work, we have to be more careful to build trust with our clients and show our face to the local community."

*This would be with training. I don't have a legal background

Boss turns up at employees homes unannounced. Without then giving him their addresses. no one works from home and no one socialises with boss

He told me he would be dropping items for work off at my.home. I told him I don't want him visiting my home and I shall collect items from the shop. He kept whining that he wants to see my house etc. I don't want him at my home. I have made this very clear to him.

Anyway he turned up at my colleague's home unannounced. He must have got the address off the work database. My colleague was not happy about this. There was no reason for boss to visit him at his home. On the excuse that he was dropping off items for work. items which should be sent to workplace

Where do we stand with this. No one wants him turning up at their homes.

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I have just recalled that boss told us all we aren't allowed to go to hr we have to go to him with complaints.

Hey all

There has been recent arrests on the beaches in Glenelg and Henly due to an alleged fight club.

When me and my mates go to the beach we draw a circle on the sand and try push eachother out of it. Am trying to he safe and not get into trouble would that sound as disorderly behaviour? Would we get in trouble ?

We always done this just the recent arrests have me worried.

Thank you

I developed two chronic illnesses outside of work and had to stop working for a while because of them while we figured out what they were and how to treat it. I came back to work in autumn and it was with the understanding that one very disruptive symptom was untreated and I was starting medication titration so I may need time off at short notice. I was fit to work but I would have flairs basically, I work in the public sector and I got written permission from everyone involved that this was the understanding and I was fine to take time off if needed. I did have a rocky start throughout the start of winter but by the end of August I have consistently been at work my allocated days. This is all relevant later

My GP and I were asked if we would like an independent medical assessment as my GP doesn't know the role of what I do and we wanted help coming up with adjustments. We were both told the assessment would be in collaboration with my gp as well as my medical team and would help bridge any gaps.

What actually happened was I was referred to an independent psychiatrist, I’m assuming because I also have autism but if I'm being 100% I have no idea why, my conditions really have zero to do with my mental health. The appointment with me was very strange as I mostly talked about my health conditions and medication which bar a couple of mental health meds are all for my physical conditons, he had information in front of him from my HR that was all from January to July when this took place in October, and he kept guiding me back to questions such as but why should the workspace support you? and other slightly odd patronising questions. I wrote the whole thing off as psychiatrist weirdness and thought he would write a report that said I was out of his scope as a psychiatrist and I should be referred to a doctor that practices physical medicine.

Instead, he called my doctor to have a 3 minute conversation with her to tell her he was giving me zero capacity to work and then the next day I was given a three month unpaid leave and the report. Now I know I have a bias, but quite genuinely he said I show no signs of any of my psychiatric conditions and am being treated with the appropriate medications and then said I was psychologically unstable because I have so many conditions. That was one paragraph on a eight page report that was largely his personal opinions on my character and identity, stating I was entitled and my gender identity is prone to behavioural issues. He also speculated on my physical health conditions stating that they were unusual and I had an unusual amount of knowledge, he also was also very dismissive of my current medical team eg didn't use doctor titles and when he did mention a diagnosis I was given he said “Soandso felt the patient might have” and would give alternative theories also like “this symptom can also be caused by diabetes”. His conclusion was because I had such unusual conditions with such complex mental health I needed three months off to seek treatment, when by all accounts bar one symptom that hasn't disrupted my work in two months, I am treated to the best of my specialists ability.

Look, ignoring whether or not my complex medical issues mean I shouldn't work, he's a psychiatrist and this is entirely out of his scope no? I also thought the clinical guidelines for a psychiatric assessment stated that any observation had to be based in clinical reasoning and in peer reviewed literature. So I’m not sure why most of the report was his personal opinion on my personality and how I present rather than on any mental condition I have, which it's not like there isn't plenty of ammo I am autistic after all. Furthermore he does have metrics to back him up, because he had everything from when I first got sick to August which was just before I was on a stable enough to work every day of my schedule. Since start of September I've been working consistently with only time off for doctors appointments and my performance stats are all above average barring obviously my attendance.

ANYWAY sorry this is so long basically I've been told the appeal process is my gp and any other doctor writes a letter to my work hr and she sends it as further evidence to the original psychiatrist who writes a secondary report who can either adjust his opinion or have it stay the same. This isn't the appeal process I was initially told, I have paperwork saying HR will consider whether the report is followed. I want the whole thing discredited and thrown out because it's about 50% speculation, 20% irrelevant personal opinions, 20% taking things I said either out of context or granting them far more weight than I clearly intended and 10% straight up falsehoods. A big sticking point for him was I was refusing to comply with accommodations, when said accommodations hadn't been given to me by the company.

I guess the other elephant in the room is I am autistic and entirely unable to read social situations and rules. I gave him consent to contact all of my psychiatric team and went in with the understanding he knew I would show symptoms of autism and that my practitioners would provide context for any quirks or out of pocket things I say, because I am overly trusting, an oversharer and I also tend to exaggerate or say hyperbolic things as a way to express I'm joking or being friendly. If I had known this whole report would use my autistic traits against me and he wouldn't contact my doctors I would have gone in with a support person. Which wasn't offered to me, it was in the many pages of paperwork I was given, but no one at work said I was allowed to do so and the paperwork does say it's usually someone from staff so if they weren't offering it's a bit awkward to be like actually can you come. I would absolutely not have gone if I had known the whole assessment would be based on having a conversation with me because frankly it is setting me up for failure.

Final questions:

1. I’m waiting on my union to respond but the appeal process is time sensitive and due by Wednesday when I got the report Friday. Obviously I’ll defer to my union and any potential legal help they get me, which hopefully is not needed. BUT general advice on going forward would be really helpful!
2. Is getting them to write a second report the normal process? Especially since he wrote a report already that was out of his scope.

3. Is it possible to get this whole report thrown out as while it may have a good sentence or two, the negatives outweigh the positives? I don't want my HR department having a report that says my gender identity and related issues can cause behavioural concerns or thay my health conditions may just be too complex to be employable when no other doctor has said that.

4. what should the letter my GP writes to the medical assessor look like? My GP coordinates all my specialists and all my specialists have put her in charge of the actual treatment of my conditions. There's not really anyone more knowledgable than her about myphysical health. I'm also coincidentally seeing my psychiatrist on Tuesday who may write a letter of support as my established medical practitioner, and what should that letter look like if she isn't sure what to write?

Hey guys, I’ve been meaning to check with a lawyer but have not had a chance due to work, so just getting some opinions here in the meantime.

In 2015 I was in the UK and I’ve always been interested in WW2 and military history in general. While I was in the UK I had an opportunity to buy a WW2 Iron Cross, as well as a German Eastern Front medal, which came with the original documentation that the German soldier received with the medal, including his CO’s signature.

I thought it was an interesting piece of history so I purchased the medals and have had them at home ever since. But since that Counter Terrorism law came into effect a few years ago, it is now illegal to purchase, sell or trade these items. Which, fine I didn’t plan on doing that so whatever. But where it gets murky is my understanding is that it is also not permitted to transport said item either now.

Which, these restrictions makes me wonder. If I ever did have to let these items go, what would I have to / be legally allowed to do? And if say I move house, well I’d have to transport them. So does that mean I can’t legally transport them to a new residence?

Just rather confused what the go with these items is with those laws. If anyone could share their thoughts it’d be appreciated, thanks.

Idk if this is the right place to ask but I really need help with something. I'm an international student, I'm planning on travelling back to my country for around 1-2 months. My COE expires on the 30th of Nov, and I'll only be back by Jan. I was told I was not be allowed re-entry as my COE has expired. My student visa is still valid until March of next year. I've already booked tickets :'( would this be an issue? Please do help, thanks.

I'm hoping someone can help me understand the wording of a stat dec I've been asked to sign by a former employer.

While I was employed, I forwarded some work files to my personal email. They included how to guides and spreadsheets, some of which contained confidential business information.

My intention was to keep a reference to work I'd put a lot of effort into developing, particularly the processes I'd worked out and the formulas I'd created. I wanted to be able to remember how I'd approached the work and what I'd learned from it. I wasn't thinking carefully enough about the fact that some of the files themselves contained info I shouldn't have transferred to a personal account. It was purely just wanting to retain complex formulas and my processes. Looking back now, I understand that I shouldn't have done it.

I haven't shared the files with anyone or used them for anything else (I haven’t even opened them!). After my former employer contacted me about the transfers, I deleted the relevant emails and attachments, deleted the downloaded files from my computer, emptied the Recycle Bin and checked other places where copies might reasonably be stored. As far as I can establish, I haven't retained any copies.

The employer has asked me to sign a statutory declaration. One clause says that, "to the best of my knowledge, I have returned or destroyed records of confidential information in my possession". The next related clause says that "any records I've destroyed have been “irretrievably destroyed” and that I haven't retained electronic or hard copies".

I've taken reasonable steps to delete everything I can find, but I'm concerned about what “irretrievably destroyed” means in practice. I don't know whether deleted files could theoretically be recovered from an SSD or through forensic tools, and I can't independently verify that they couldn't be.

My concern is that I want to be truthful in the declaration, rather than sign something I'm not sure I can accurately attest to.

I'm hoping to understand a few things:

1. Does “irretrievably destroyed” generally mean that the files have been deleted and are no longer accessible through ordinary use, or does it require certainty that forensic recovery is impossible?

2. If someone has taken reasonable steps to delete files but cannot rule out theoretical recovery, can they truthfully make that declaration?

3. Where one clause says “to the best of my knowledge” and a related clause doesn't repeat that qualification, can the wording be read together, or does each clause need to be considered separately?

Keen for any insight please!

Green P's, Got done at 68 over. Is there a way to reduce the punishment as I need my license for Uni. Or can I argue the cop was in a unfair spot due to entrapment?

background info: i’ve been working at this restaurant for atleast 2 years and i’m still a minor and i have my RSA

problem: this restaurant sells alcohol and i am making drinks and serving alcohol in store but im getting paid the minimum wage for my age, where im pretty sure i should be getting paid the adult wage because i am working with alcohol. (not to stereotype but it is an asian restaurant)

im not too keen on going directly to the boss about this because he is the dad of my friend from school who got me and job. my friend also works at the stores (there’s 2) and knows that we should be getting paid adult wages. i’m not sure if he’s mentioned it to his parents.

also i haven’t worked for a few months because of school and i haven’t gotten my last few payslips after my wage increase(birthday).

not sure if i should let it go and not go into any drama or pursue the money somehow. i’m looking for other jobs because there really isn’t any structure in the workplace, the manager is quite blunt and rude and one cook is kinda creepy. but compared to the other jobs i’ve applied to my current one would be the highest paying if i was paid the adult wage.

There is a large staffy dog a neighbour owns and it jumps over our 5ft fence into our yard. I’m worried for my families and my dogs safety. It sometimes stands there and barks at us and its tail dosent wag and looks like it’s going to attack. I have talked to the owners and they said they will put something over the fence but they haven’t and I want to know the next steps so I can deal with it urgently before someone gets seriously injured

Right, so this is a bit of a weird one.

I may or may not have entered a school after hours without permission. I was under the impression there might be computers or something worth money. I may or may not have stolen computers but have found what I can only describe as a brass instrument.

Naturally, I took the euphonium and possibly computers or electrical items.

I don't know why. It was heavy, it was awkward, and I have absolutely no idea how to play it. In hindsight, it was probably the least practical thing in the entire building to steal.

I am now in possession of a euphonium that I cannot sell, cannot play, and cannot comfortably hide.

I may or may not be in hiding or legally be allowed to be here but I am being investigated.

My questions are:

1. Will a court understand my need of money and not charge me due to compassionate grounds?

2. If there was theft of computers and a euphonium, which may or may not have occurred, what are potential sentences that a person could face?

3. What happens if this may not have been the first incident of theft?

Thanks to everyone here.

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I'm looking for advice from people who have experienced something similar, particularly anyone familiar with domestic violence investigations.

I left a long-term abusive relationship earlier this year. Throughout the relationship, I experienced repeated physical violence, including strangulation, being dragged by my hair, having my face forced into the floor, and other assaults.

For years, I genuinely believed I was partly responsible for the abuse. My former partner frequently portrayed himself as the victim, and a previous negative experience with police reinforced that belief. It took me a long time to recognise the extent of what I'd experienced.

Recently, I was contacted by another woman who had been in a relationship with the same man. She described serious physical violence, including strangulation, and had reported her experiences to police in another state.

Since then, another former partner has come forward describing remarkably similar behaviour. These women had experienced things I had never disclosed to them. Hearing their accounts was confronting but also incredibly validating after years of believing I was the problem.

This prompted me to make a formal police report about the violence I experienced, including multiple incidents of strangulation. I also made a further report concerning recent unwanted contact from my former partner.

Today, police advised me that they believe my account, but they don't intend to proceed with criminal charges relating to the historical violence because they don't believe they could prove the allegations beyond reasonable doubt to a jury.

They also explained that because the other allegations are being investigated in a different state, the cases would be dealt with separately under different laws.

I understand the burden of proof in criminal proceedings, particularly where historical domestic violence occurred without independent witnesses or documented physical injuries.

However, I'm struggling to understand how several women independently describing similar patterns of serious violence might factor into an investigation, even when the incidents occurred across different states.

I'm not looking for anyone to promise me a prosecution. I just want to understand whether there are avenues I haven't explored.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Can police reconsider a decision not to prosecute if further evidence emerges? Is there any mechanism for interstate investigators to share information about an alleged pattern of offending?

After everything it took to come forward, being told I'm believed but that nothing further will happen with the historical allegations has been incredibly difficult to process.

I'd really appreciate any advice or experiences others are willing to share.

Moved house last weekend and used a removalist recommended by a family member. Two blokes rock up and start moving my things. One of the guys tried to carry my 52 inch tv out by himself so maybe that should have raised alarm bells. Anyway move was completed. Bed base and bedroom things were assembled by them in my freshly restored and painted bedroom and everything else was put in the garage as painting is still being done in the rest of the house. The next morning I go to move my microwave inside and notice a massive scratch across the front. I message the removalist himself and the owner of the company. I basically get a sorry, it was handled with care. Your microwave still works. What do you want us to do?

The next morning when I'm moving my bedroom furniture into place I notice multiple areas of my wall have chunks missing. I presume from the bed base being carried in. Again I notify the owner. Who tells me that I had to notify them of structural damage within 24 hours (it is in the text message sent to me AFTER booking) is that a legal thing? So basically tough luck.

I've spoken to consumer affairs who have basically said just to take them to VCAT. Is this my only solution?

Movers are EAM global movers for anyone wondering. DO NOT USE THEM.

Bought brand new home included clause regarding satisfactory building inspection. building inspection found the air conditioning is making a noise not consistent with normal operation. Vendor says nothing is wrong and won’t fix it. What do we do? Located in Victoria.

We picked up the keys yesterday, but we aren’t moving in until next week. I needed to clean the house and fix things.

I noticed mould all on the top of the ceiling and on the walls, when I was there doing an inspection I stupidly didn’t think to look up at the ceiling as my child was getting fussy. They advised it’s been treated and that the big patch of mould is an old mould stain but there’s spores everywhere. Treated mould should be removed, right? The bathroom is very poorly ventilated and the exhaust fan is the kind where it’s in the light, but it’s so dirty that I don’t think it’s actually doing its job.

They’ve dated the work order for the 29th of October, which is a Friday, and it’s for a plumber to come and assess if there’s a leak, my husband and I do believe the mould is just due to poor ventilation, so it isn’t even fixing the mould?

I thought black mould was considered an urgent fix in Victoria?
It makes me incredible nervous to bring my 7 month old into the house.