Dear Hassie,

Thank You for your excellent advice.

I've got so much on my plate at the moment what with
my mum in the Nursing home, my kids, and my grandchildren,
and of course this Forum.

Keep up your interests as well. We'll both make it.

I watched the 7.30 Report with Malcolm Turnbull last night.
He certainly is an excellent communicator, and very polite.
But I don't think he actually answered the questions he
was asked. We'll have to see if Mr Shorten does any better.
It's getting a bit frustrating.

Regarding the allegation that "Xenophon..(had) owned units turned into slums by student tenants (with) illegal partitioning, sub-letting and overcrowding"

Property owners can give many examples where tenant-friendly regulations and decisions by (rental) tribunals have created the environment and legally permitted tenants to abuse what used to be a simple contract to lease property and both parties had responsibilities.

It is quite common for tenants (they are called 'professional tenants') to turn a rental into a boarding house. Also to damage or effect tenant changes to walls and structure, knowing that remedies are few and eviction is very difficult, and that they can leave their debts behind when they depart.

These are cluey, ruthless offenders, often in their thirties, educated and forever doing more study, paired up for convenience (one claims study and the other is his/her 'partner', or not, depending on who's asking). They are adept at networking and using the legal and advocacy services, eg of universities, to their advantage.

It is usual that they are abusing other conditions/entitlements as well for their benefit.

OTB: It is quite common for tenants (they are called 'professional tenants') to turn a rental into a boarding house. Also to damage or effect tenant changes to walls and structure.

I know what you mean. I had a rental property once. Actually my home when I moved in with my wife. I cost me more to re-renovate every time a Tenant moved out than I made through the time of the lease. The Real Estate people were never any help & if you complained they were slow in getting you another Tenant. A word from a work mate Whose sister worked at the Real Estate Office. Apparently they didn't like it when I came in with photo's of the damage. I never got any of the supposed Bond if the Tenant did a flit. either.

I suppose that was the one thing good about the Negative Gearing. I could get something back.

G'day there HASBEEN...

I thought for a moment you were about to say '...I've developed a new skill - how to climb tall trees in order to rescue my 'Sea Fury' that I tried to land on a stout bough...' ! Not,'...learn to repair the complex undercarriage after having a disastrous landing...?

A question if I may? The Sea Fury has two, contra-rotating props ? Or am I wrong. Moreover, they had a pilot and directly behind the pilot, an aft facing gunner - or have I got it all thoroughly mixed up ? As a comment, how any human being could possibly land a yawing, pitching and rolling aircraft, on a yawing, pitching (smallish) deck, of HMAS Melbourne in rough seas I'll never know? As the man said; "Your a better man than I, Gunga Din" or words to that effect ?

You're doing so well after experiencing three heart attacks ? Goes to show how tough you Navy Aviators really are !

Hi Foxy,

Sorry to hear of your situation....best wishes from me.

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"I watched the 7.30 Report with Malcolm Turnbull last night.
He certainly is an excellent communicator, and very polite.
But I don't think he actually answered the questions he
was asked..."

Well...um...why would you say he's an excellent communicator if he declined to answer the questions put to him?

He's not an excellent communicator at all when he's stonewalling - and stonewalling is what he does when anyone makes a serious attempt to get to the substance of his "plan".

You know that nebulous "plan" that he keeps talking about, which he won't give any detail on except to utter "jobs and growth" ad nauseam.

Last night he tried to explain how his cuts to business tax were going to unfold over the next ten years. It was so convoluted - and had little relation to the question asked, that he looked like he himself was finding his explanation boring.

I'm sure he's impressive in a courtroom where he can construct his own well-crafted narrative, but as a politician in a leadership role, he's "disappointing"

Nick Xenophon has previously had something to say about disruptive public housing tenants,

".. it’s time disruptive and dangerous tenants were penalised rather than rewarded for their bad behaviour"

http://www.nickxenophon.com.au/media/releases/show/stop-rewarding-bad-behaviour/

Many get away with very poor behaviour because they have children. But should they have children in their care anyway?

At the end of the day though, the managers of public housing, private owners and property managers all say the same thing, that poor tenants add to the rental cost for all tenants and they know they can get away with it.

If responsible tenants want to do better for themselves they would be pushing very strongly for houses and units to be let 'bare bones', where the tenant decorates, provides floor coverings, curtains and all whitewear etc. That would allow for longer leases, a good thing in itself and lower rents. Because the owner's risks have been reduced.

As it is, the better tenants are being forced to pay rents that are made higher by poor tenants. And by the rental regulators and tribunals who use feral welfare tenants as their baseline of tenants to protect.