So its gone from, "allow a tenant to make alterations to the building without the owner's consent", to, "the tenant can authorise "repairs" to the value of 4 weeks rent". Indy you have more twists and turns on this than a roller-coaster.

The fact is, the law change is to give; "introducing repair orders as an additional pathway for tenants to have repairs addressed in a timely manner." Often landlords and agents will ignore requests for minor repairs to their rental property for an excessive amount of time. For example a leaking toilet cistern, annoys the heck out of the tenant, but despite numerous calls to the landlord or agent nothing is being done about it. Our niece in Western Sydney had a ceiling leak a couple of months back, despite several calls to the agent and a call to the owner himself with a assurance of; "leave it with me", nothing has been done. Now the niece is concerned about 'black mould' and her children's health. BTW most landlords and agents do the right thing, but there are those that don't.

Just recently our agent rang about the 'rang hood' in one unit making a noise from the fan. He asked if I wanted him to go and check it out? I said; "Nah, just get it replaced, its 10 years old, and I said "put in a stainless one, instead of white powder coat."

Paul1405,
You're as quick of the mark as a prime olympian when you sense an opportunity to prove someone wrong but you're deathly quiet when you are proven wrong !
This rental thingy has been going on for over a year so, if there are conflicting reports in the media (radio) the onus is not on the listener if changes are made without further publicity !

Indy, if you had taken the time and gone to the government website, you would have got the truth in black and white in a few seconds. End of story.

BTW; I have no love for the Palaszczuk government, in my opinion if they were turfed out at the next election it would not be unjustified. Unfortunately the alternative LNP is a risk, that was the case last time they were in office with Newman running the show. If the day after the election the LNP bloke (I've forgotten his name) is the new Premier, then so be it.

The issues in Queensland, are the 'bread and butter' stuff, health, education, crime, corruption in politics etc. These should play well for the Opposition.

gone to the government website, you would have got the truth in black and white in a few seconds. End of story.
Paul1404,
As if Govt websites would publish the loopholes in any of their policies ! I suppose you believe in Santa Claus also ?
I couldn't be bothered to look up their sites but I imagine if you were to look for breaking & entering the sites would tell you that it is illegal yet some home owners aren't allowed to kick intruders out why they even face prosecution if they do try !

I'm sure there are a number of landlords on OLO & I think it'd be interesting to hear how they arrive at the rental cost for their tenants. Over what period did they plan to recover the costs of the property i.e. have their investment paid off ?
How much have they put up the rent over the past ten years & what damages to their properties have they experienced by bad tenants ?
Could they actually procure the their property without negative gearing ? What is their profit margin ?
I don't expect any answers from them but perhaps some tenants can offer some insights on the rental housing situation !

Indy,

You wont even say what country you were born in, so why all the questions. FYI, rely on the agent, the rest is up to you.